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May 28, 2008
Seen at the gym
For not the first time, I saw superdelegate and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore. He runs on the treadmill, makes eye contact, smiles, and stays focused on exercising. There's also a judge, a high-level Portland Trailblazers coaching team guy, the owner of a car dealership, and a woman who ran in the Boston Marathon. And others. In addition to weights, cardio equipment, squash and racquetball courts, the gym has a bar.
At my old gym, which did not have a bar, I once ran into U.S. Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash., presumably a superdelegate as well. I only ever saw him leaving - making eye contact, smiling, saying hi as he walked out the door.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at May 28, 2008 07:47 PM
Comments
That Trailblazers coaching team guy is Maurice Lucas, who works out at the gym with us when it's not Blazer season. He's currently an assistant coach, and is pretty much a hero of anyone who was a Blazer fan in 1977, which I'm sure includes many male members of the gym. The locker room can get loud when he's in it.
He mainly plays racquetball. Definitely the tallest guy at the gym by a mile.
Posted by: Ben at May 28, 2008 11:05 PM
an alcohol bar?
or like a smoothie and tea bar?
Posted by: Rian at May 29, 2008 03:45 AM
They sell beer, wine, juice and snacks.
Posted by: Courtney at May 29, 2008 06:59 AM
Who wants to drink alcohol either before or after working out?
Is there a logic to this I'm missing?
Posted by: Rian at May 29, 2008 04:38 PM
I certainly don't. I think it's mostly the racquetball and squash players who drink. They travel in groups and then have mini-tournaments, where two players face off and the rest sit around noshing on popcorn and tossing back beers.
Posted by: Courtney at May 29, 2008 05:39 PM