velma...you're goin' down

the enemy has been sighted.
her name- velma
her location-the ymca
her offense-making me look weak

every day this woman is working out at the ymca. she is old-real old. and every day she makes me look ridiculous.

How?

She's got the endurance of a camel...thats how. she is a fellow treadmiller. she is always going when i get there, and she is still on when i leave. i am probably 50 years her junior, and we go the same pace. except that she does it longer and at an incline. that doesn't do anything good to my 20-something ego.

but today something changed. it started out the same-i got there and she was going on the treadmill. i hopped on the one beside her and it was on. i started out slow to phyche her out. then at 15 min. it began. i started to speed up. i sped up to a slow jog, and then a little more to a less slow jog. and after 30 seconds of this intensity i looked over and what was velma doing...just her regular pace at her regular incline.

I took her down. she's scared now. i can see it in her. i slowed back down so not to make her feel bad, but she knows now who to watch for. i was just sending a message.


velma, you're on notice.