Not so.
I was running late to meet her at her place (picture here) so I cut a few corners -- and a few Ks -- from my intended route. We started running east on Gerrard and it was a great run. Ran by my old university, my old apartment, the old Chinatown (yes, a lot of old stuff) and the old, rundown neighborhood around Carlaw, an area that I think is a few years yet from being invaded by land-hungry prospective home seekers.
By the way, my Garmin lost signal after 4K, so it was useless for the next 8 or so Km.
We split at Queens Quay and York, and I went home, dropped off my hydration pack and windbreaker, then set out to finish my 20K run. I had a feeling that if I did 6K, that it would make up the distance I lost at the beginning of the run.
Then it rained. Not cats and dogs, but of smaller domestic variety. Fact was, I was getting soaked. But it was fun! I splashed into some puddles, avoiding others. There was also a 10K walk/run on the waterfront, so it was fun to look at the last walkers come into the last K. The Running Room volunteers found it amusing perhaps that i was running with shades on a cloudy day and without a hat. If you're wondering, the shades are more stable than my glasses and R. took my hat a week ago and I forgot to retrive it from her.
Anyways, a soaked 6K later, i was at home. I ran the last 6K as a tempo run.. very powerful finish to a long run.
I did a gmap of the Intended route and the Actual route and guess what? I almost ran exactly 20K. Amazing.
We went to St. Lawrence, where Jelly, R. (who ran 5K by herself) and I had yummy pasta. Then Jelly and I split a veal and eggplant sandwich. As I said, and Jelly agreed, it was the "best meal ever."
Weekly total: 66K
Year to date: 910.5K
6 comments:
Thanks for the motivation today! And a memorable meal. We'll have to do it again. And bring Frankie.
Here's my post: http://jellypepper.blogspot.com/
Saw you at the tail end of your run on Queen's Quay between Robertson and Spadina...I was taking a walking break on the south side while you were still running on the north side. 21K...you're insane!! Frank
Yes, I am insane.. and paid for it the last two days by my strange combo of cold/allergies.
Speaking of seeing you, were you running on Sherbourne, southbound, on the east side just after 6:20?
Cause I was on the other side. Aforementioned sickness prevented me from shouting out.
You saw me tonight? Tuesday? Well if so then it could very well of been me as I was just heading out around that time and was going southbound on Sherbourne...dressed in black. I see you, you don't see me, now you see me and I don't see you. Freaky...now we're even :) -Frank
Yup, that was you tonight, in black. We're even. How far did you run tonight?
Set out to do 4 miles then took a detour with hopes of adding another mile...I got home and mapped it out and I fell a bit short. Ended up being a 4.6 mile run. Fine by me. Looking forward to running in Vancouver later this week! -FP
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