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meanfreepathFor the last two nights, I've been skipping dinner at Burge. We've had a spell of rather cool, dry weather, i.e. perfect running weather.
So I've been doing quite a bit more running than I've been used to these last two days; I get home from the lab, putter around for a little bit, and then head out around 7:00 when things are nice and cool. And then I come back and cook and eat.
Yesterday I just kept pushing south along the Iowa River. I wound up getting to a shadier part of the city, I guess, but I turned back towards downtown and was fine. There's some kind of dam or hydroelectric something, not large, and some US Geological Survey monitoring station along the riverbank. I went past this really architecturally nifty castle-like building (some kind of federal building, I think), through the Ped Mall, and then looped around towards the University buildings on the Pentacrest, with their Greek Revival architecture. I went past Schaeffer, past the Old Capitol, and proceeded to go past various other buildings including their stately chem building. A very nice run. UI really does have a pretty campus, with lots of scenic spots that would be perfect for a conversation.
Today I ran a hospital loop, going across the river to the UI east campus, perhaps a mile or so from the downtown area. There are some nice trails over by the UI hospital as well as a number of dorms. Quadrangle Dorm, and some of the other buildings there, remind me a lot of Princeton or Bryn Mawr. I haven't seen much of the "staunch and grey" architecture characteristic of Swat around here, though.
And tomorrow I agreed to go running with Kate Pacha, plasma undergrad superwoman/hard-core rugby player. I'm currently pleasantly sore; I may not be after tomorrow night. At least she said we'd be taking a long easy warmup because of her knee problems. We'll see what pace she goes at, and whether it'll be one of the most intense runs I've gone on or nice gentle LSD. Long slow distance, that is.
So I've been doing quite a bit more running than I've been used to these last two days; I get home from the lab, putter around for a little bit, and then head out around 7:00 when things are nice and cool. And then I come back and cook and eat.
Yesterday I just kept pushing south along the Iowa River. I wound up getting to a shadier part of the city, I guess, but I turned back towards downtown and was fine. There's some kind of dam or hydroelectric something, not large, and some US Geological Survey monitoring station along the riverbank. I went past this really architecturally nifty castle-like building (some kind of federal building, I think), through the Ped Mall, and then looped around towards the University buildings on the Pentacrest, with their Greek Revival architecture. I went past Schaeffer, past the Old Capitol, and proceeded to go past various other buildings including their stately chem building. A very nice run. UI really does have a pretty campus, with lots of scenic spots that would be perfect for a conversation.
Today I ran a hospital loop, going across the river to the UI east campus, perhaps a mile or so from the downtown area. There are some nice trails over by the UI hospital as well as a number of dorms. Quadrangle Dorm, and some of the other buildings there, remind me a lot of Princeton or Bryn Mawr. I haven't seen much of the "staunch and grey" architecture characteristic of Swat around here, though.
And tomorrow I agreed to go running with Kate Pacha, plasma undergrad superwoman/hard-core rugby player. I'm currently pleasantly sore; I may not be after tomorrow night. At least she said we'd be taking a long easy warmup because of her knee problems. We'll see what pace she goes at, and whether it'll be one of the most intense runs I've gone on or nice gentle LSD. Long slow distance, that is.
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Date: 2004-07-28 06:40 am (UTC)