Coach Coop and her sidekick, John, went to the woods (Eagle Creek Park) for a little trounce through the woods with a couple hundred other like-minded souls and mud-stompin' yogis. It was the first DINO trail run of the season, March 14th. Of course, Coach Coop has been heading out to The Creek from time to time, and also visiting other trails and paths in the area. John, on the other hand, tends to take off in a trot about as often as our federal budget runs a surplus.
It was big fun, really. Perfect weather for a run through the park (btw - you may find this particular park referred to adoringly as Iggle Crick, but only when addressing cycling events and issues). We hung back at the start, and took our sweet time. The route, about 5k, including a sweet section of twisting, curvey, rutted, steep single track that REALLY got John excited. During the trounce, Coach Coop asked John why he'd taken to running of late: John really didn't have much of an answer for her - he couldn't even make something up on the spur of the moment (perhaps due to a lack of oxygen). Heck, we all know that John is no runner - in fact, the only thing he really struggles more with is swimming!
'Bout the only thing that came to him was, "Well, perhaps it was a remnant of the Project work with Coach Chris?" And so I consulted Coach Chris on this - and he shared the following:
"Trail running is primal, indigenous, authentic, real, visceral and pure. Anyone who has peeled away at least a few sticky layers of ego knows this and feels it."
So, there you go - as good a reason as any. In the end, is it important, this reason? The bottom line is, John will be doing more of these. At least he isn't likely to drown!
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Correction of a slight omission: Coach Coop and Sidekick John did TWO of the 5k loops. John hadn't ran as far as a 10k since he was 16 back in the "Bristolthon", chanting "...gotta get over the Hump, we gotta get over the Hump...."
Oh, and something else. That evening, along with husband Brian and Little Sprout, Jessica Ann, we all went to the opera: Carmina Burana, a 1937 piece by accused Nazi sympathizer Carl Orff. What made this performance special was our own Jamie Corydon and Jess Leeman were part of the opera, performing aerial acrobatics and choreographed yoga during the opera. It was pretty cool.
Great post!
One question, wasn't Coach Cooper a little freaked out by her bib number? I think I would have asked for another. Though, maybe it would be a good thing, cuz people would think your so bad-ass they would let you run past them or be totally intimidated : )
no real bib number angst - she let go of it quicker than I did, good yogi that she is. Something that we found interesting: I noticed that most of the butts of the women that passed us were dirty, as though they had fallen down. Very few male dirty booties. We had two possible conclusions:
1. Girls fall down way more than men.
2. John notices female booties WAY more than male booties.
After careful consideration, we decided we were right on both counts.
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