We went to the Y the other tonight because it's cold and snow covered outside. We have 2 YMCAs in our town and the one closest to home is usually not that busy. We refer to it as the old Y and the other as the new Y (although we realized that the new Y is actually 10 years old now). Our son said he wanted to go to the new Y, so we did. I'm not sure how many treadmills there are (I think the old Y only has about 7 or 8), but there were a lot. And they were all occupied. Along with most of the other equipment. So instead of waiting for 2 treadmills to open up, we decided to run our 4 miles on the track. Hey, it was only 48 times around! Thank goodness they had those little clickers so that we didn't have to count. I know the new Y is normally pretty busy, but I bet a lot of those people there were New Years resoluters (that's a new word!). In fact, while we were plodding along for 48 laps we saw quite a few people start out running on the track. They sprinted right by us. But then half a lap, or in a few cases a few laps later they were walking and huffing. I admire their desire to begin running, but someone needs to tell them you can't start off your running career in a dead sprint. You're only gonna last a half a lap! Seeing all those people at the Y, it was nice to realize tonight that I don't have the goal this year to start some sort of exercise program or to begin running or to walk every day. I'm already doing that! We've been doing it for over a month now! I wonder when we go back to the new Y sometime in February if the treadmills will all be occupied then?

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