Outside the Front Doors: Tuesday 10 AM

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana did some stretches, limbering up for her run. She wondered if Conner would actually get up and come to run with her, but she figured either way she should get back into the habit again. And besides, you never knew who else might be interested in going running.


[Open for anyone who wants to go running or talk before the running starts.]

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[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner did, in fact, show up just before 10. He was bundled a little too heavily against the cold, the Californian wuss, which made doing his stretches a bit unwieldy. "Morning, Lana!"

[OOC: And I run to work -- back in about an hour.[

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Conner," Lana called back. She smiled at him. "Might want to lose some of those layers. You're going to get hot."


[OOC: No worries. I'm at work so access is sketchy.]

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner quickly discarded 'But I'm from California!' as a possible protest. "You're the expert on running in this weather, I guess," he conceded. Looking slightly embarrassed, he peeled off two of his three sweatshirts and draped them over a nearby convenient tree branch. Hopefully no enterprising squirrels got any ideas.

"Want to take one trip around and see how it goes from there?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana grinned. "Sounds good." She took off at a decent pace - not too fast, but enough to get the blood going. "It may take a bit to figure out a pace that's good for both of us."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

This was a good pace for Conner, for now, so he kept up with her easily. "I've gotta be able to sprint sometimes, but mostly I need to be able to run up and down the field for a long time without tiring myself out. Feel free to yell at me if I take off all of a sudden though, okay?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Some sprint training probably wouldn't hurt me either," Lana admitted. "We used to do that to give us some practice for that last kick during a race. Maybe you can be in charge of calling for a sprint from time to time and we'll see how it goes?"

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"I can do that," Conner agreed, increasing his pace just a notch. He glanced over and added, "You probably got the better scenery doing cross-country, huh?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"More time to look at it at least," Lana agreed, keeping up with the new pace. "Although by the end of a long run, you spend most of your time just trying to keep one foot moving in front of the other!"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Having had some pepto, Billy was feeling better, and decided that some exercise would help. He headed out to do just that and saw that others seemed to have had the same idea. "Morning." he greeted.

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"So not exactly the scenic tour." Conner thought about speeding up a little but decided against it, in the interest of actually making it all the way around the island. "But then again, I guess if we were really in it for the scenery we'd be playing golf."

[OOC: Argh, sorry for the super slowness. Work is kinda crazy today.]

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana smiled at him. "Hey, Billy."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Golf?" Lana would have giggled if she'd had enough breath. "I guess. I can't really see myself as a golfer, though."


[OOC: No worries, I've been crazy all day too.]

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Looking to work a few kinks out?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Trying to get back into the habit of running regularly again."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"It's an underated habit." Billy agreed. "Mind if I join you?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana shrugged. "Sure. We're going to start off with one trip around and see how it goes from there."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Sounds good. How've you been?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Life sucks," Lana said succinctly, "but that's the way it goes."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"Me neither." Conner's mental image of himself carrying a bag of golf clubs and possibly wearing a silly hat was bizarre enough to almost make him trip, but thankfully he avoided the slightly depressed spot in the road just in time. "I mean, you walk around and occasionally hit a ball. Or, like, ride in a cart. Far as I'm concerned, that's not really a sport."

He could be kind of an elitist about that sometimes.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Well, it does take a great amount of skill and physical ability," Lana said thoughtfully. "And stamina. It takes hours and hours to do a whole round and in the pros you have to walk the whole thing."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy winced. But could not disagree. "Well it has it's moments. But for the most part, yes. It sucks."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana kept stretching. "Ready to run?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Absolutely."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Excellent," Lana said. "Here's Conner (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhighdorms/883007.html?thread=68250431#t68250431)."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Hey Conner."