6m in 41min @ 7:00. ran down Hamilton to Hale then back up University Ave, thru the Caltrain underpass, up along Palm Dr to the Oval Park, then back down and around the Campus Dr / Quarry Road loop, then down Palm Dr and back thru to the hotel. set off at 5:45am and the streets were deserted, apart from the odd car or other runners..
in fact, it was a fantastic run and i meant to do more.. i just got a little disoriented towards the end and cut-off a few streets.
the downtown streets and into Professorville was lovely, for the sprinklers and the luscious plants in all the gardens. passed the John Adams Squire House on the way back up University Ave. it came as a little surprise, especially with the hugely tall palms that tower over it and the sidewalk. was great to watch the shopworkers on their way to work and the stores starting up like eyes opening..
the trees on the Stanford Campus gave off that deep pine scent and some groundsmen - otherworldly in their white suits - were tending the undergrowth and kicking up dust that covered me.
doubt i'm going to get out there that early tomorrow morning. currently waiting on a call to meet at the local Rose & Crown pub for another drink. can't say i'm relishing the idea of going out again, but it's likely i'll go if they do come. has been a long day of multi-tasking - as i handled the stream of emails left over from my week away, while listening to the presentations at the conference. quite tiring, especially after waking up at 4am. think i'd prefer to go to sleep. and wake up early and do that run again - but this time shower and head over to the corner breakfast joint and order something nice and big!
already getting a longing to be back with Poll and the kids - which is wrong considering it's just a day - but that's me.
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