An awkward moment.
Posted by nathan on 20 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Uncategorized, my life., random., thoughts on life.
This weekend, Emily and I were enjoying a great mini-vacation in the Angola/Fremont area, and we decided that we needed to start working out more seriously. Sometimes we would go, and just work out gingerly for about 15 or 20 minutes. We decided we must start going the full 30 minutes.
Last night was the first of our full 30 minute workouts. It was pretty busy when we arrived, so my wife took the good recumbent bike, and i walked out to get a towel so i could lift a bit. As i came back in, one of the running treadmills opened up, so i jumped on there and started running at a pace i knew would be hard to keep for the full 30 minutes. So i’m running hard, hurting, breathing heavy.
About 20 minutes into the workout, the girl to my right leaves. I am seriously tired. I am trying to take deep breathes, take in all the air i can. It’s a killer. At about minute 25, someone let one go. I mean, a big, raunchy stinky one. Like, a room clearer. It was horrible!
Keep in mind i’m in the middle of a hard workout, breathing hard. Yuck!
So my mind starts racing, ‘What do I do?’ Should i look over at the woman (about age 45) beside me and make a nasty face at her? Do i pull my shirt up over my nose? Cough? Plug my nose? stop the machine and leave?
A couple seconds later, the woman beside me was talking to the lady on the other side of her. i was listening to Michael Jackson, so i couldn’t hear the conversation, but i can just imagine it went something like, ‘Do you smell what this guy beside me just did? that is horrible!’
What would you have done had you been in my shoes, working out in the middle of a raunchy room-clearer?
5 Comments »
on 20 Feb 2007 at 5:38 pm 1.
Adam said …
I would have pulled some Axe out of my gym bag and sprayed it heavily in my armpits… but miss and “accidently” spray it all over the room.
on 21 Feb 2007 at 10:48 am 2.
Todd said …
That’s exactly why I purchased our own recumbent bike.
on 21 Feb 2007 at 1:10 pm 3.
nathan said …
Todd,
please remind me to never work out with you. or, at least, to keep my distance.
on 23 Feb 2007 at 9:57 am 4.
Todd said …
Oh geez. That is SO not what I meant!!
on 23 Feb 2007 at 1:16 pm 5.
nathan said …
oh, hehe, now i get it–you wanted to stay away from stinky women.