Jogging

n. – jogging
Here jogging is a noun and it is made. “Faire un jogging” is the equivalent of going jogging. We live just near the lovely park, Champ-de-Mars where the Eiffel Tower is located. It’s great to go in the summer for picnics and it’s a runner’s haven.

I bought running shoes over a year ago, but today was the first time I put them on for my first run. I don’t have running clothes, but I have a large collection of yoga wear, so I put on a pair of my fancy yoga pants and I was good to go.

My husband and I decided to start slowly, taking one lap around the park, which is roughly 2 kilometres or 1.35 miles. I lasted about 3 minutes I think before I decided to walk. Running is hard. Walking is a lot easier, even fast walking, which while it looks ridiculous, is just as good for you – better even when you think about the pressure running puts on your knees and other joints.

I tried to keep up with my husband by resuming a light jog and then would revert back to walking. In any event, we succeeded in our mission and circled the park once. It took 15 minutes and we were tired. After standing in line to get our sandwiches at the baker, we proceeded to our favorite “primeur” or grocer to pick up a melon. Add to that a box of radishes and a few clementines and the bill came to 20 euros. Embarrassingly we didn’t have enough, but it’s just below our apartment so we ran up to get more money. The melon came to over 12 euros alone! I saw other melons outside that were half the price so we asked the grocer what was the difference. The one we bought was, of course, “top” as he called it.

I bloody well hope so for 12 euros! Seeing my scepticism, he said, “Je ne vous raconte pas de salads,” which is an expression that means, I wouldn’t lie to you, but funny that a grocer would use it since literally translated it means, I wouldn’t tell you salads. Well, the melon was good and after making all that jogging, we earned it.