Ah springtime....
Birds chirping, open windows, iced Americanos.
It seems like Seattle rejoices like no other city when it comes to springtime. What felt like a year of dismal rain filled days, was really winter. Now is when people come out of hibernation and come outside. I jumped on the bandwagon of people who decided to get fit again. Time to dust of your running shoes and join the rest of the young people who also work and live downtown and like showing off their highly metabolized bodies. We're young and fit and enjoy the adrenalin rush of going for a run by the waterfront.
Right?
Running in the city is awkward.
There are tons of lights to stop at. So you're "that guy" or "that girl". Running in place like a lunatic. Clutching your iPod for dear life. Then you're "that girl" who trips over every curb. Catches herself, but is sure that the two bums sitting on the curb are laughing at her.
Or is that just me?
Regardless, I feel like running should be like riding a boat. Other people in their other boats should wave. You have something in common! Hooray! Let's celebrate by nodding, not talking of course, but a quick nod. You should just be able to cruise around and relax.
Fellow Seattleites, I'd like to just say this: don't take it so seriously. I know that you're running faster than me, and that your shorts are made for running and my American Apparel shorts are made for looking hip at the beach.
But.
It's running. That's it. Highschool is over.
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Hahaha, this post made me laugh! I totally agree that joggers/runners in Seattle are a tad bit too into themselves.
Happy Springtime, though!
Jogging on the waterfornt dangerous?
AUG-2007
SEATTLE -- Police say a man who stepped in to stop a sexual assault at Myrtle Edwards Park likely saved a woman's life.
Police spokesman Jeff Kappel said the woman was out for a walk Saturday evening when someone grabbed her.
"He was very rough," Kappel said. "He dragged her up on the rocks, hit her on the head several times, and in the course of struggling with her to overcome her resistance, she got multiple cuts, bruises, abrasions."
According to court documents the assailant physically and sexually assaulted the 41-year-old woman for more than an hour.
The area where the attack took place was secluded, but Kappel said a man heard the woman screaming and stepped in to help.
"When our officers got there our Good Samaritan had the suspect pinned to the ground holding him there," Kappel said.
The man who pulled the attacker off the woman was not identified, but sources said he is ex-military, and may be homeless. He just happened to be in the park when the woman was assaulted.
The suspect was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of rape.
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