Hill interval sprints tonight. What better than to pick Pertobe Road hill. 30 second sprints up, 60 second power walk down ten times, as part of a set lasting 15 minutes. Trust me this is a steep enough hill. It's a killer of a start to the Surf T Surf fun run each January, so it was going to be perfect tonight.
So as I came down on one interval, a fairly unfit looking fellow was huffing and puffing his way walking up the hill and we passed each other. He had been in his own world so I don't think he'd noticed me until he happened right upon me walking back down the hill. So we passed each other with barely a glance. A moment later the chime on my Runkeeper went off, it was time to sprint back up. So as I turned back and took off at a run I was right behind him and I think I frightened him. He looked quickly over his shoulder and started running too because he thought I was chasing him!!!!
I swear I nearly fell about laughing. The look of fear on his face. Oh yeah, I'm really scary, the scary lady in the pink jacket and lycra pants. Actually, maybe that *IS* scary! ha.
It was one of those had-to-be-there-see-his-face kind of moments. Hysterical.
Hope everyone is having great workouts and eating clean and looking forward to jumping on those scales tomorrow. Good work people.
5 comments:
I think he saw the sausage legs Carol and that scared him. being chased by sausages will scare anyone.....
This is the second time I've read this story today and I still laughed again! What a crack up :P
Hilarious, maybe you've found your calling as a motivator for slack runners... :D
Ha, ha Carol! I nearly did the same thing last Monday doing my hill sprints at 6.00 am in the near dark. Passed a guy as I was walking down, then ding and I turned and thought - no, I'll scare the sh*t out of him, so I hesitated just a little longer to give him time to get further ahead. :-))
Bahahaha. Tell me, does scaring the locals burn more calories? Great post!
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