3.8 miles
marshall loop
70 degrees
Ran with Scott up to Cleveland, over to Summit, beside St. Thomas, down to the river. Stopped and hiked around the Monument before starting to run again. A nice, relaxed run — we talked about the difficulties of taking care of aging parents, terrible comments online, being able to still smell bland smells but not intense ones, swift carrots in Zelda, and whether or not a person who is completely blind (seeing no light) could run if they were tethered to a guide (pacer).
10 Things
- dodging sprinklers
- the sound of falling water
- wooden ramps covering temporary water pipes on the sidewalk making a dull thud when I ran over them
- rowers on the river — 2 8 person shells lined up like they might race
- a new favorite view of the river from the east side — under the monument on some jutting rocks, a wide view of the lake street bridge, the blue river, longfellow flats on the west side
- roots as makeshift steps
- mud on some limestone, small gravel and dry dirt on other limestone
- the shshshshuffle of a runner’s striking feet from behind
- a woman talking on a phone outside — I support all sorts of things in Minneapolis and I’m a SENIOR!
- small decals on the lower corner of an out-of-business restaurant: wine glasses and plates and beer mugs? — I can’t quite remember
While I drank my coffee this morning, I memorized a delightful water poem by Tony Hoaglund — The Social Life of Water.