A quick shout-out to the Webster Recreation Center and this group of crazy people who got me out of bed at 5 a.m. this morning for a rather intense workout.
It was called the “Hell’s Mile,” and in short, it involved doing laps of the gymnasium, performing different exercises with each lap, like lunges, skipping, bear crawls and the like. At each corner, you had to do a DIFFERENT element, like jumping jacks, push-ups and sit ups. (Perhaps you understand why it’s called “Hell’s Mile.”)
Apparently the group has been doing this pre-Thanksgiving workout for 15 years now, and they have the T-shirts to prove it. When fitness instructor Jim Wallis told us about it last week during one of our classes, one of my workout buddies and I kind of looked at each other and said, “I’ll do it if you do it.”
And yes, he was there, too.
We all went at our own pace and it took me more than an hour to complete the whole circuit, well behind most of the other participants. It wasn’t pretty, but I got it done, and now I feel like I can eat turkey with abandon tomorrow.
Maybe next year I’ll order a t-shirt.
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(posted 11/26/2025)
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Only a bit more than an hour? Congrats! Woulda taken me two …
Enjoy that turkey; you’ve earned it!