Body by Ben and Jerry\’s by hannahvt

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 06/14/2009
• Time: 12:00:00
• Total Time: 1:38:29.00
• Calories: 1489
• Distance: 11.65 miles
• Average Pace: 8:27.04/mile

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 06/12/2009
• Time: 09:00:00
• Total Time: 1:12:46.00
• Calories: 1100
• Distance: 9 miles
• Average Pace: 8:05.18/mile

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 06/10/2009
• Total Time: 00:49:00.00
• Calories: 741
• Distance: 6 miles
• Average Pace: 8:09.8/mile

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 06/10/2009
• Time: 08:00:00
• Total Time: 1:13:00.00
• Calories: 1104
• Distance: 9 miles
• Average Pace: 8:06.49/mile

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 06/06/2009
• Time: 11:00:00
• Total Time: 00:02:04.14
• Calories: 49
• Distance: 15.21 miles
• Average Pace: 0:08.16/mile

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 06/04/2009
• Time: 10:00:00
• Total Time: 00:56:25.05
• Calories: 741
• Distance: 6 miles
• Average Pace: 9:24.26/mile

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 06/04/2009
• Time: 08:15:00
• Total Time: 00:48:13.25
• Calories: 728
• Distance: 6 miles
• Average Pace: 8:01.93/mile

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 06/01/2009
• Time: 16:00:00
• Total Time: 1:32:57.00
• Distance: 11.1 miles
• Average Pace: 8:22.09/mile

Hot and humid for May in Vermont. A good run with little distraction. Got a lot of thinking in as well.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 05/09/2009
• Time: 10:48:34
• Total Time: 1:10:00.00
• Calories: 1148
• Distance: 9 miles
• Average Pace: 7:46.93/mile

When I first started running as a teen, I was fortunate enough to live on a dirt road that was not very traveled. The problem with this was my parents were overprotective (I realize this is not a bad thing now) and they would either drive a car behind me until we got to a fairly residential area (meaning a house or two) or I would run in our tiny town, where the sidewalks were quiet and people actually moved when you ran towards them. I grew up in a town with two stoplights, so I was forced to stop for traffic and move in place until I got a walk signal. Wait, they don’t even have walk signals there! Anyhow, as I moved on to compete in college, I chose a school that had miles and miles of running trails, and we rarely ran the roads. You could run for miles without having to cross and street or intersection, and those were not frequent. When I moved into a larger city, 25,000 people at most, I still opted for trails and neighborhoods. I had been so spoiled by my quiet roads that I couldn’t stand the thought of waiting at a traffic stop. THEN I DID IT. I moved into the middle of the city. Living downtown means very little time spent in my car and much more walking to destinations, which I love. But it also meant having to stop at lights, for cars, ambulances, baby-strollers, skateboarders, and my favorite - entitled college kids. Yes, I live in a college town where they walk three or four abreast, taking over the sidewalk with an attitude. It doesn’t matter if I am running towards them or behind them; they rarely move. My favorite moments are when I come running up behind someone, they see me, and they DON’T MOVE. This gives me zero place to run. I can go straight into the middle of traffic, or into the side of a parked car, or head right into a storefront. Even after an “excuse me”, they are too busy lighting up a cigarette or chatting it up on a cellphone. I am not a huge person. I don’t take up a ton of space. I even try to sneak by when I can, as sometimes when folks do try to move for you, you end up running right into them! I do appreciate their effort though. Here is my thing - the sidewalk is for both of us. How hard it is to move slightly over so that I might get by? I am not even thinking about cars that don’t yield, or folks that don’t say hello in passing. I will run on the road if I have to, although that is fairly scary territory at times. I wait patiently at traffic circles and intersections, I thank people who let me by and I even try not to spit in the direction of those who irritate me by not moving. But I find myself feeling like a NHL hockey player during parts of my run. I have clipped people with my shoulder and elbow a few times now. Maybe I should go out for roller derby. Perhaps I am wasting too much energy thinking about this. But as I get ready to move to an even larger city, I wonder how I will manage this. Perhaps I should research running trails before I get there. Then I won’t have any run-ins other than poison ivy or black flies.