At the Track

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The scene at the track

We’re still struggling to figure out how people exercise around here, since it’s obvious they do (lots of sports stores).  But most activities appear to take place indoors – whether that’s because of high winds, vandalism, or something else.  We haven’t found anywhere to play soccer, basketball or tennis outdoors in Trelew.  Too bad the kids are too old for playgrounds, since there are plenty of those.  We pass storefronts advertising Karate, Judo, Yoga, Gymnasio, Pilates classes, and we know there are private basketball, tennis, and soccer clubs…but we needed to find something we could do now, during summer vacation, and that wouldn't require us figuring out schedules and prices in our rough Spanish.

Go Taylor!

Early on, we were wandering around town and found a running track.   Well, sort of.  It has lots of activity – mostly walkers, but also some serious fast runners.  It’s busy at all hours, and we’ve joined the fray in an effort to be outside and active.  Pretty, it is not!  Taylor’s our happiest camper, testing his abilities, ignoring the glaring sun, and running both long and fast.  He will shortly overtake his parents.  Abby is happy to have her Audible.com recordings to pass the time while she runs (clever girl!).  Will and I are just desperate to exercise, so we’re just giving ourselves credit for showing up. The surface is uneven asphalt, but the esprit de corp of running with the locals somehow adds to the scene.  

Will does sit ups in the dirt.

Hot and tired and happy.