Riverfront Running
Hooked up with Kevin F. this morning. We race alot together but don't get to train much in tandem. So as we both had the day off and neither of us were racing, I made the trip up to Port Richmond and we ran in his neck of the hood.
The run was along the Delaware, from about Allegheny Ave. all the way down to the Walt Whitman Bridge and back. Its a good course for a morning like this, as there is a breeze from off of the river that keeps things a bit cooler. On a day like today, probably a bit hotter and humider than yesterday, you don't mind a bit of a headwind. The scenery was post-industrial shipping and manufacturing detritus along the river side of Columbus Ave and new economy Ikea-Best Buy-etc. boxes on the land side of the ave. The latter is overtaking the former, as it is one of the few areas in the city with abundant cheap space. The area to the north of the Ben Franklin bridge is lying fallow, but that is where the casino development (if it ever gets off of the ground) is projected to go. If the ground were as hot as the speculation on that real estate, our shoes would have melted.
Once again, it was nice to plod through some new pastures. Also got to hear all about yesterday's "Teal Ribbon 5K Race Against Time" which apparently was totally mismeasured (about 2-3 minutes too long) which seems inexcusable, got updated on the upcoming World Cup and spent most of the run just bullshitting about running. The run was 12 miles, run like a training run should be, slow and conversational going down to the Walt Whitman and then slowly picking things up on the way back so that we were doing sub 7 pace over the last mile or two. Brisk but but not difficult, just a natural feeling progression so that we finished and I felt I could have done five more. Time was 96:20 - 49.47 out and 46.33 coming back.
Makes me feel like going out for a second run this afternoon, but I doubt I will.
The run was along the Delaware, from about Allegheny Ave. all the way down to the Walt Whitman Bridge and back. Its a good course for a morning like this, as there is a breeze from off of the river that keeps things a bit cooler. On a day like today, probably a bit hotter and humider than yesterday, you don't mind a bit of a headwind. The scenery was post-industrial shipping and manufacturing detritus along the river side of Columbus Ave and new economy Ikea-Best Buy-etc. boxes on the land side of the ave. The latter is overtaking the former, as it is one of the few areas in the city with abundant cheap space. The area to the north of the Ben Franklin bridge is lying fallow, but that is where the casino development (if it ever gets off of the ground) is projected to go. If the ground were as hot as the speculation on that real estate, our shoes would have melted.
Once again, it was nice to plod through some new pastures. Also got to hear all about yesterday's "Teal Ribbon 5K Race Against Time" which apparently was totally mismeasured (about 2-3 minutes too long) which seems inexcusable, got updated on the upcoming World Cup and spent most of the run just bullshitting about running. The run was 12 miles, run like a training run should be, slow and conversational going down to the Walt Whitman and then slowly picking things up on the way back so that we were doing sub 7 pace over the last mile or two. Brisk but but not difficult, just a natural feeling progression so that we finished and I felt I could have done five more. Time was 96:20 - 49.47 out and 46.33 coming back.
Makes me feel like going out for a second run this afternoon, but I doubt I will.
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