I'm referring to the University of Michigan stadium, not a prison. The University of Michigan has the largest stadium in the United States and third largest in the world. The official capacity is 109,901, although yesterday's attendance was 112,276. We have season tickets to the football games, which makes for a busy fall. Yesterday, we met our youngest daughter, Katie, at the game. She flew in from Boston to meet up with one of her U of M roommates. It was so much fun to have her with us.
Going to the games is not for the faint of heart, although my 79 year old mother came with us yesterday and managed extremely well. First of all, we always park in a parking structure in downtown Ann Arbor. We usually end up on the fifth floor of the ramp, so we have five flights of stairs to navigate. The stadium can be seen in the distance from the parking ramp.
Then we walk about a mile to the stadium.
The stadium is built down into a hole, so we enter at row 73. Our seats are in row 15.
Between bathroom breaks and Kettle Corn runs, we end up climbing up and down several times during the game.
If the game is an exciting one, we do a lot of jumping up and sitting back down (a.k.a. squats).
(The Michigan/Illinois game two weeks ago was, by far, the most exciting game I've ever been to. The final score was Michigan 67, Illinois 65. We must have done thousands of squats.) After the game, we have the mile walk back to town, a run up to the car to drop off seat cushions, plus the trek to a restaurant. By this time, we need to refuel and replace those glycogen stores. (It's important to do that within an hour of your workout.) We connected with Kate's friends at a local establishment and had a great time.
After one more photo-op, we gave Katie hugs and headed home. It was a great day.
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