Lunchtime Run

I was out last night for my usual run, needing to get out and burn off some energy. I did the usual loop to 14th Street, without really noticing much. Perhaps I'm in a bit of a rut, although I do enjoy running along the river.

Yesterday was a little on the cool side, too, with threatening rain and all that. Gee, much like today.

Distance: 6.79 Time: 37:26
Average speed: 5:30 min/km (10.91 kph).

Shoes: New Balance 769.
Today's earworm: L n K again (my favourite tune!)

Weather: distant precipitation (whatever that is) and 6C.

Anyway, a co-worker suggested we try and get out today (Wednesday) since it's the day he doesn't work from home. He had a route figured out that would take us to Glenmore Landing and then along the Glenmore reservoir to the marina and back.

We headed down the stairs and outside. A little bit on the chilly side, but nothing to slow us down. An extra nice bit was there was no wind to drive the chill through our running cloths.

I'd forgot to start the GPS until we were across the overpass over the C-Train tracks and were about to cross Southland Drive. From there we headed northward, and from there, our route was a mystery.

Jerry had scoped it out, of course, winding through the various neighbourhoods. I recognized none of it, not even recognizing Elbow Drive until we'd crossed it. And then coming up to the sound wall that protects the adjacent neighbourhoods from the traffic roar on 14th Street.

A long wait at the light to cross, and up 90th Avenue, that long gently rising hill that for some reason was so memorable from the Police Half Marathon a few weeks ago. Only we crossed 90th and got on the path behind Glenmore Landing to the loop around the reservoir.

We took the low path along the shoreline westward toward the marina, watching a motorboat chug out to a floating pier lined with small sail boats and covered with a couple of dozen people.

At the marina, we looped back onto the upper path and headed back east, rejoining our path outbound and retracing our steps.

The nice thing about this loop is that it's almost all up hill to 90th and 14th, so the return is a long descent back toward the Southland C-Train station.

Good run, perfect distance for a lunch time noodle through the neighbourhoods.

Distance: 9.21 Time: 53:32
Average speed: 5:48 min/km (10.34kph).

Shoes: New Balance 769.
Today's earworm: None.

Weather: cloudy and 4C.