There’s nothing like taking a stroll outside when springtime
arrives here.
But hey, even when we’re under winter’s icy rule this time
of year, it’s always sunny and 70 indoors at French Lick Resort. (With plenty
of active
indoor activities nearby the resort as well.)
You can cover some serious ground here without ever setting
foot outside. How much, exactly? We set foot around the
resort to find out. And this is just covering the public areas of the hotels — taking a spin up, down and around the long guestroom floors at the hotels will certainly take your distance ever higher.
Indoor Fitness Walk
Did you know our resort fitness
classes are offered free to hotel guests? You can catch one of them
Wednesday, Thursday or Friday mornings in January and February. One of them is the Indoor
Fitness Walk (which starts at 10 a.m. each of these days) where you can get your daily stroll in early while also taking in some of French Lick Springs Hotel’s
sights. Win-win.
The exact route and length vary on each walk, but you can
expect to cover just about every corner of the public areas within French Lick
Springs Hotel and the Event Center. Generally, you can expect to cover
2,000-2,500 steps and one mile or a little more as our Resort Fitness Coordinator
leads each walk. This is also the perfect way to see more of the hotel if you
don’t have time for the historical walking
tour of the hotel. (Which is also a great way to get those steps in.)
’Round and ’round at West
Baden
Don’t worry, we won’t make you recall that 2πr formula to calculate
the length around the outer circular hallway at West Baden Springs Hotel. We’ll
just tell you that it’s .15 of a mile around, or about 380 steps. You can crank
out a quick mile doing the loop seven times.
And as long as we’re counting, there’s a total of 63
historic hotel photos along the walls of the outer corridor, too. So you might
want to build in some detour time to take a closer look at some of the hotel’s
fascinating snapshots from its original heyday and restoration period.
Pluto’s Pizzeria to Casino
Sportsbook
If you’ve ever scarfed down a slice of deep dish pie at
Pluto’s Pizzeria then headed over to the sportsbook at French Lick Casino to
chase it with a beer, you can at least claim you’re offsetting it with a mini
workout.
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| The Event Center is made for walkin', whether it's completing a lap or two or just passing through to some of the indoor walking spaces at French Lick Springs Hotel. |
Event Center loop
Even if you stay within the Event Center for a mini stroll,
those steps add up. Just one full loop around both the upper and lower levels
of the Event Center will get you to .37 of a mile or nearly 900 steps, if you
branch off all the way down and back the Hoosier Hallway on the upper level and
take the stairs between floors. If you’ve ever attended a meeting or event
there and spent a day or two roaming some of those lengthy corridors, you’d be
surprised how much ground you cover.