4 miles
river road, north/south
72 degrees
humidity: 85%
Because I waited until after today’s tour stage — the last one in the Pyrenees — it was humid and hot out by the gorge! Other than the heat, the run was not too bad. I chanted in triples for about a mile and tried to keep my chest up, shoulders relaxed, arms in a controlled swing. I don’t remember hearing the rowers or seeing the river.
10 Things
- the entrance to a steep dirt path above the rowing club on the other side of the path that goes under the lake street bridge
- a runner behind me, coming fast, slapping his feet on the paved path
- a biker sternly telling the runner, you’re on the bike path!
- the runner not reacting because he was wearing headphones
- the fence panel that they were redoing yesterday was in place and its new, unpainted wood stood out against the other brown panels
- a wooden slat of the fence jutting out by the ravine because of a leaning tree — watch out!
- 2 older women sitting on a bench — one to the other: not bad, 2 miles in 2 hours
- a flash of orange in the peripheral — a hidden tree trunk marked for removal
- slightly more of a view at the sliding bench — I think park workers trimmed the trees
- the crack north of the trestle looks like it might have grown some more