You Know You're Out of Shape When............

You know you’re out of shape when a runner catches up to you on your bike ride to work.

Tuesday morning I geared up and headed down the trail to work. I road about a block or two and then all of sudden I heard foot steps behind me. I looked around and there is a man dressed all in his running gear catching up with me. I turned back around and thought “What the H$#&!” I tried to speed up a bit and let me tell you, in Colorado on these foothills at 5700 feet above sea level the phrase ‘Speed Up’ does not exist.

I pedaled and pedaled and I got about a block in front of him, but after 2 miles of him following me, I looked around and he wasn’t there anymore. I had arrived at a major road so he must have turned around. It didn’t scare me, it just frustrated me. Why couldn’t he have just backed off a bit instead of running 8 miles per hour to stay with my bike? I secretly think he was trying to prove something, I could almost here his gitty laughter watching me try to pedal harder to get more in front of him. That’s the problem here in this county: Exercise Maniacs. These people are hard core and any challenge that is presented they take it. This county is none for it’s professional athletes and there’s this stigma about being out of shape.

I tell ya. Next time, I’ll slow down, get behind him and follow him. Let’s see how he likes that! Ha!