What do you do on the Sunday of a long weekend? Sleep late, make breakfast and do laundry. It was kind of a grey day so a nice day to stay at home and take care of inside chores.
I did manage to strap the runners on and take a 3 mile slow trek around the neighbourhood. Not much to say about it. I was not fast, I was not slow, just a good paced fun little run.
In the evening we put a leash on the dog and did a couple of km with skateboarding and scootering kids.
Nice easy day.
Plod On.
Another easy week is done, I had altogether too many rest days this week. It is time to buckle down and get refocused and re-motivated.
Today I did a silly thing, I drove all the way across town to run in a place that I have never run before. I know it sounds ironic to drive somewhere to go for a run.
There is a big park on the Northwest side of town that has miles of bicycle and running paths through the native prairie. This is an oasis of the past completely surrounded by the city.
Once you start running the paths seem to go on forever. (It feels like it too)
The funny thing is that it sits high on a hill that overlooks the city and from the escarpment there are great views of downtown to the south. You can just make out the top of the towers as seen above on the horizon.
But when you reach the cliff there are great vistas of the city core. If this were not a park people would pay millions for this view.
It was a perfect day for a run, bright and sunny with temperatures in the low 20’s. I made a small mistake and did not carry water on this 5 mile, 45 minute run and was parched when I got back to the car.
Great day, Great Run.
Plod On.
