Black Ice

Slippery streets create great difficulty for people and vehicles. Black ice proves worse. Invisible patches of ice are a terror for runners (walkers, bikers, skaters, you name it). Our last frosty morning in Queenstown, New Zealand the roads were damp and dangerous. We were ticketed on an early morning flight. After a very brief walk outside, I decided the weather conditions called for indoor exercise. I really wanted to preserve The Streak prior to travel, a standard practice of mine and a silly superstition.

Problems abounded. The hotel didn’t have a fitness center and our room was on the second floor (for the less considerate generation- that means guests below us were undoubtedly sleeping at 4:00 am). Furthermore, the room was very small. I took an inventory of the factors and quickly put together a workout that included cardio and resistance and didn’t require much space or any plyometrics. I had packed resistance bands pack for an emergency like this one. The haphazard little routine took 38 minutes to complete a total of 24 exercises. It “worked out” just fine. By the end I was sweaty and felt well exercised and full of energy for the day.

Adapt. Adjust. Exercise.

Tom