Good God

I "did" Red Rocks today. I had no idea what I was "doing" but I did it for an hour. I've been to Red Rocks as a tourist, a concert-goer, and a hiker, but never as a "runner in training for a ridiculous race." Today was different.
I parked at the top and when I looked down, the amphitheater was busy with other folks crazy enough to attempt a work-out in this beautiful venue. There were groups of women squatting and lunging and skipping. There were two men "boxing" across each row. There were tourists at the top taking pictures and some on the stage reenacting their favorite band.
I had no idea what to do so I followed the girls' lead (unbeknownst to them). I jogged down the steps then walked back up. I took the rows by two's (and then by three's) and ran all the way across them as I zig-zagged back to the bottom. I then attempted to "run" back up. I made it row 35 and then sucked wind for about two minutes and walked the rest of the way up. Good God.
Next, I jogged back down... allllll the way to the lower lot and attempted to "run" up the steep ramps back to the stairs. HA. Run, my ass. I made it about ten steps and then my stride turned into some sort of leap/skip/wide walk thingie. I'm sure it was very graceful and pretty. Bwahaaaa!
Finally, I went back up the stairs, saw a woman doing some dips off the edge of the stairs and followed her lead. She then did some push-ups and that looked like a good idea (please, God, give my legs a break) so I did that, too. I made it down and up (getting slower each time) a couple more times and by then I had been there for one hour and that sounded impressive enough for my first time out so I stopped.
The best part??? I (of course) had to use the restroom in the Visitor's Center (down a loooong flight of stairs) and I had the lovely, lovely gift of using the handicap restroom so I was able to use the bar to hoist my aching body and shaking legs down to the toilet. Oh, what a gift. I'm thinking of asking Eric to install of those in my bathroom here at home. Squatting down sucks. Trust me.
So that was my first day 'o training at the Rocks. I can't believe I'm going to admit this but it was..... gasp..... fun. Seriously.
When I got home and told Eric how many people were there training his response was, "Idiots." We are a bunch of idiots, aren't we???? : )
--Tina