Freezing Fitness

"I can't possibly jump off the treadmill and break my stride now", I think to myself. But the fire alarms at the YMCA are going off loud and clear and there's no pretending that I can't hear them. A flood of disgruntled trainers and excercisers reluctantly head for the stairs. We all know its a false alarm. Ever since the new YMCA opened it's doors with a huge Olympic size swimming pool, sauna, steam room and whirlpool, membership has doubled leaving hundreds more little kids pulling pranks and electricians still testing the system. Whoever caused the distruption this time couldn't have been picked worse weather to vacate to. With windchill the arctic blast topped -10 degrees this morning. And protocol demands you leave immediately so there's no time to grab a jacket, hat or mittens. Most of us had beads of sweat from our workout freezing to our foreheads and wet hair forming icycles in minutes. Can anyone say hypothermia? Back inside I skipped the rest of my work out and heading straight for the sauna to melt off. If I'm sick in a week I want February for free Mr. Y.