On Monday, when I got to the track I've been using, I saw about 20 young guys in yellow hard hats walking around and poking the soccer field. Strange. I looked for the least confused-looking guy and assumed he was in charge. I asked if it would be a distraction if I used the track while they did whatever it was they were doing. He said,"No problem, let me know if they disturb you!"
"Out of curiosity," I asked, "what are they doing?"
"In French we call it plantation, in English..uhh..surveying, learning to survey."
I proceeded to do my 3 interval runs, stopping for a few minutes between each to assure my son that I was 'almost done'. I carefully noted my times for each run, including my lap splits. I got a few stares and likely some underhanded remarks, though I wouldn't know for sure about the latter. I likely looked pretty odd, running around at noon on a Monday on a federal gov't track. But then, so did they, poking around on the ground at noon on a Monday on a federal gov't soccer field. And why does a gov't language training center have a 400 m track, anyways? It occurred to me later that we all did a lot of measuring that day, but did not accomplish a darn thing. I guess that was rather appropriate, given the location.
"Out of curiosity," I asked, "what are they doing?"
"In French we call it plantation, in English..uhh..surveying, learning to survey."
I proceeded to do my 3 interval runs, stopping for a few minutes between each to assure my son that I was 'almost done'. I carefully noted my times for each run, including my lap splits. I got a few stares and likely some underhanded remarks, though I wouldn't know for sure about the latter. I likely looked pretty odd, running around at noon on a Monday on a federal gov't track. But then, so did they, poking around on the ground at noon on a Monday on a federal gov't soccer field. And why does a gov't language training center have a 400 m track, anyways? It occurred to me later that we all did a lot of measuring that day, but did not accomplish a darn thing. I guess that was rather appropriate, given the location.
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