First A$$hole of the Year
Well, i encountered my first angry motorist while rollerskiing this morning. I was enjoying a very pleasant interval set, and the thought actually crossed my mind that all the cars i had seen were being exceptionally nice. Maybe a byproduct of the Ride of Silence that was held earlier this week. Then, during my cooldown, i was passed by a blazer full of high school boys. The back passenger stuck his head out the window and yelled “Get the F*#$ off the road!!!”. Well. I did, quickly.
The thing that most motorists don’t realize is that we like training on roads about as much as they like us being there. But there’s just no choice. Sure, you can run and do other forms of cross training part of the time. But if you want to be a skier, you just gotta ski. And this time of year, if you don’t have a glacier, that means rollerskis.
I think what bothers me most about this situation is that i was on the side of a road, wearing a sports bra and spandex shorts, and all these guys noticed was that i was slowing them down. What happened to catcalls and whistles? When did teenage boys stop being horny and start being so angry?
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