Going around in circles

Yellowknife is home to a series of fantastic parks and recreation services. I was immediately taken with the number of parks the city has and the number of sports complexes. For a city that hovers around 20,000, it certainly hits above it's weight in this department.

My current favourite spot is the Fieldhouse. This indoor soccer centre features two fields and a walking/running track above the fields. While it is currently fairly quiet now, I know it will get busier as those who run and walk outside head indoors. What I like most is that ,somehow, it is quiet. Today the surfaces were divided into three. One soccer field was divided for two separate practices and on the other field a game of tennis was being played. Even with all that activity there was very little noise. Which allows Brent and I to walk and talk.

Both boys have been coming with us, but with very different approaches. Aiden has been running 5 km and Owen... well Owen is technically walking. But he is also watching YouTube on his phone. Proving the adage you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. To his credit, he hasn't fallen or tripped. For those of us paying attention there are lovely views around the back half of the track.

The track is family friendly with a playroom for toddlers, that is awesome. Which works well if you have two parents going. If you are a single parent or your spouse didn't want to come, the centre rents special strollers just for the track. It makes sense as a regular stroller will have dirt or pebbles on the wheels. These strollers just hum right along. We've seen both moms and dads using them. A nice trend.

Today we had some "runners" coming up behind us and I heard the one guy telling the other, how he was training all wrong and that he knew training. Which was weird because they were over taking us really slowly. When they finally did overtake us (and after us listening to all kinds of "sage advice") I couldn't help but giggle... They were barely jogging and the "expert|" trainer was middle aged, over weight and barely got his feet off the ground. But I guess technically they did pass us.

As we begin to realize that Fall seems to last about a week here, and that was last week. The Fieldhouse will be our winter retreat- and maybe a soak in the whirlpool at the pool complex which we have to drive by anyways to get home. :-)

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