At half time, we were just about the only ones still in our seats.

And it was a fitness game changer.

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December 1st, 2019, NFL game between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers.

Half-time comes, my daughter and I, at the game in our seats, and we noticed, I noticed, everyone else had left.

Now, most would return, but they had left for shelter during halftime.

If you're not familiar, an NFL game, National Football League, four quarters, and right in the

middle is halftime. It lasts 12 minutes. This is when each team goes to their respective locker rooms,

the coaches, depending on whether the team is winning or losing, gives them a rah-rah, yay, we're great speech, or, hey, we really suck, let's change some things so we can win.

So they go to their locker rooms.

The fans usually leave their seats to use the restroom, get something to eat, or just stretch and change of scenery.

Some games, that halftime Exodus is more pronounced than others, and this particular game

was one of those. Let me give you a little backstory. A few days before this game, which was a Christmas

gift from my daughter, I checked the forecast and saw what was coming and thought, hmm,

I really hope that changes. The next day, check the forecast again, it's not changing.

And that's really going to stuck. The prediction was for the weather that I

hate the most. Temperatures in the mid to upper 30s, so not freezing, not cold enough for snow,

but still cold. It was going to rain all day. And not this

light, misty rain, they were expecting calling for heavy downpours all day long. And on top of that,

it was going to be windy. And not this like light little northerly wind no this was going to be winds of

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