CHARACTERS: Felicity Smoak and You! LOCATIONS: Crunches + All Around Town WARNINGS: None SUMMARY: Now that she has no other excuse, Felicity is trying to live a slightly more active life.
( running on a treadmill — actually running, fast enough to get kimberly's heartrate up and beads of sweat appearing on the back of her neck — is possibly the world's worst form of exercise. there's nothing enjoyable about the sensation of her feet hitting a loop of rubberized mat, no satisfaction in passed landmarks or sights to see along the way; instead, all she has to entertain herself with is the music piped through her headphones and the gymgoers in her line of sight. the latter of which happens to include a blonde woman she's not met before, one who looks particularly dissatisfied with the treadmill too.
when the woman finally hits stop and clambers off, kimberly pauses her own run, headphones tugged out of her ears and looped around her neck by their cord. )
Hey. ( it's not much of a greeting, but then again, it does seem like the woman is more preoccupied with remembering how to breathe at the moment. ) Not much of a cardio fan?
Ha- [ Felicity starts to laugh, but promptly has to take in much more air because her body is demanding the oxygen. ] -ha ... [ Yes, remembering to breathe is an important part of life, isn't it? Felicity puts up a quick finger as she then moves to unscrew her water bottle and take a sip.
Ahem. ]
No I totally love cardio what are you talking about? [ She says, nearly unable to keep a straight face as she says it. But the joke can only last for so long, because she notices the headphones, the running clothes — the signs that the woman she's talking to just got off the treadmill. ]
I don't know how people do this. I really don't. Doesn't it hurt?
( even before the power coin, years of athletic training had ensured kimberly was more than capable of running a decently timed mile or two. and after the coin? well, it just made her more hardy. so after twenty minutes of decently high-tempo running, she wasn't so much out of breath as pleasantly flushed. )
You mean the running? I mean, maybe if you've never done it before... ( like the girls who tried to meet her cheerleading coach's workouts the first day. out of breath and miserable, of course, until they really got used to things. ) But it gets easier.
But if you hate it, you could do something less boring than just running in place, you know? Like do a class or something.
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when the woman finally hits stop and clambers off, kimberly pauses her own run, headphones tugged out of her ears and looped around her neck by their cord. )
Hey. ( it's not much of a greeting, but then again, it does seem like the woman is more preoccupied with remembering how to breathe at the moment. ) Not much of a cardio fan?
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Ahem. ]
No I totally love cardio what are you talking about? [ She says, nearly unable to keep a straight face as she says it. But the joke can only last for so long, because she notices the headphones, the running clothes — the signs that the woman she's talking to just got off the treadmill. ]
I don't know how people do this. I really don't. Doesn't it hurt?
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You mean the running? I mean, maybe if you've never done it before... ( like the girls who tried to meet her cheerleading coach's workouts the first day. out of breath and miserable, of course, until they really got used to things. ) But it gets easier.
But if you hate it, you could do something less boring than just running in place, you know? Like do a class or something.