Um, how cool is this: outside Brad's front door is a track!!! An actual track! I can't be happier :-)
Brad and I left his building today, walked through campus and across the first big street, and hopped onto Tang Yan Lu. It is a long straightaway path, lined with bushes, remnants of the old city wall, and public bathrooms (non-Western style). Everything is in shades of green, but a little muted by the haze. After about a mile, we turned into the Olympic Training Center and ran a loop around the grounds. I saw the coolest statue of 3 hurdlers that I'd love to post on here - I'll try to remember to bring my iPhone so I can snap it. After the loop, we retraced our steps home. We get a lot of stares - like, ALL the time! I didn't seen any other white people on the run, so I think we're a little noteworthy. There are also very few runners running outside, as far as I can tell. I wonder if it is because of the air quality - very dusty, hazy, and polluted. It certainly isn't the healthiest way to exercise if you live here. The bummer is that there are so many tracks going unused. Just on our run today, we passed 3 of them. Anyway, the run was relatively uneventful. It was great to stretch my legs and chat with Brad :-)
Run: 3.5 miles
Walk: About 3 miles
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