Marathon

Chapter 1

"Ok. Gym time. You can do this. It's only one hour with a personal trainer." 24 year old Veronica said to herself in the bathroom mirror. Veronica was about 5 feet tall with jet black hair. She had beautiful blue eyes and an amazing complexion. Most people would say that she was an incredibly beautiful woman. She was starting to train for a marathon and she needed some help getting into shape. The gym she was going to be going to was new to her, since she had just moved to Los Angeles from Chicago.

The time was 11:30 and Veronica had to be at the gym to meet her trainer at noon. She needed to leave now if she was going to get there on time. So, gathering her bag, water bottle, and keys, she headed out the door, making sure to lock it behind her, and started towards the parking garage of her apartment building. It was 11:55 when she arrived at the gym.

"Hello!" A cheerful receptionist exclaimed as she walked in the door.

"Hi! My name is Veronica Sawyer. I'm supposed to be meeting a trainer here?"

"Oh! Yes! Welcome Miss Sawyer. If you want to go put your things in a locker and then have a seat out here, he's just finishing up with his current client. He should be done very shortly."

"Thank you very much." Veronica said, walking into the women's locker room.

This gym was really nice and totally worth the steep price tag. The locker room housed beautiful wooden lockers, a sauna, wonderful looking showers and a cooler with free water bottles! Sweet! She walked out into the little sitting area that was by the reception desk and starting scrolling through her phone. After about 5 minutes she heard footsteps approaching and looked up.

There was a tall man with green/blue eyes and a messy mop of curly brown hair, standing in front of her. He was gorgeous. She stood up and shook his hand as he greeted her.

"Hi! You must be Miss Sawyer. My name is Robert and I'll be training you today" He gestured for her to follow him to a little office that had a wonderful view of the gym grounds, which were amazing. There was a table in front of the big picture window and two chairs in front of the desk. Off to the side there was a small grey couch.

Robert gestured for her to sit down in one of the seats and he walked back behind his desk.

"So, Miss Sawyer-" He started. Veronica cut him off almost immediately.

"Please, call me Veronica." She said with a smile.

"Alright then. Veronica, I like to begin training sessions with new clients by getting to know what their fitness routine is. So can you tell me a little bit about the kind of exercises you do? Or what your routine is like?"

"Well, I don't really have a routine as of late. I used to run a lot, but then I ran into some personal troubles and didn't really feel like going running anymore."

"Oh, well I'm really sorry to hear that, but I'm glad that you decided that you wanted to start up again. Can you tell me about some of your goals?" He asked with a smile on his face. He had the most amazing Australian accent that she had ever heard. She could listen to him talk for hours and never get bored of it.

"I want to run a marathon in 6 months and I really need to build up some stamina and endurance. Some strength training wouldn't be too bad either." She said. Letting her eyes dip slightly to his arms. He was wearing a tight black workout shirt and some black joggers. There was a pair of black workout gloves sitting next to him on the desk along with a black NBC Studios baseball cap.

"That's a really good goal! I think we can definitely help get you there! The next step in my process is recording your weight and height. Don't worry, I don't put too much stock in your weight because you seem to be a pretty healthy person, so you might not loose the weight because you're going to be gaining muscle mass." He led her out of the office and into a dead end hallway that had a scale sitting against the wall. It was the type of scale that you would find in a hospital that had a height attachment as well.

"Ok so you look to be in the exact weight range for your height and age. Let's head back to my office to go over some paper work and then we can get started. Does that sound ok?"

"Sounds perfect."

The pair walked back to Robert's office and discussed the training schedule that works best. They decided that Veronica would come 5 days a week and the type of training would vary on the day of the week. She signed the contract and the two of them headed out into the gym to get started on the work out.

An hour has passed relatively quickly because Veronica was working so hard.

"Ok! Great job Veronica! You've officially completed your first marathon training work out. How do you feel?"

"Tired. I need a nap." She laughed and gulped down some water. Robert laughed as well and waited for her to be done drinking before giving her a high five. They walked over to the reception desk together and talked for a few minutes about the schedule before Veronica said goodbye and headed into the locker room to grab her things. She spotted Robert talking to the receptionist as she came out and gave them a small wave before heading out the door to her car.

She drove home and spent the rest of the day trying to clean the house and do some laundry. After all of that was done, she sat down to watch some movies, eventually falling asleep on the couch.