Today's awesome walk, 6.57 miles in 2:10

[christopher575]

Today's awesome walk, 6.57 miles in 2:10, a photo by christopher575 on Flickr.

I wanted to go to the Arboretum today, but it's been raining a lot and I knew the trails would be nasty like they were in Interlaken Park yesterday. Or worse. So I figured I'd stick to sidewalks and finally walk all the way to the U-District. I've been considering it for a while, so it was fun to finally go today on a totally new route. 

The nice part about heading to the U-District is that there are lots of buses back home if I poop out. But I didn't. I really wanted to keep pushing and get as close as possible to last week's total miles.

My favorite moment of the day was getting to UW Med Center via the long way. It was just a few months ago that I went straight there from home one Saturday morning and that was the longest walk since I started. Today, I did that distance uphill instead of downhill, and it was the final third or so of my total journey. Pow!

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[christopher575.livejournal.com]

I've only walked Greenlake once. Didn't really like it because there were so many other people and bikes and dogs and ugh.

Oooh, someday I should walk around Lake Union!

[gldngrrl.livejournal.com]

Yes that's a good one, I've thought about it. I wonder how far it is.

I just like Greenlake as a quick and dirty training walk site- it's a reliable flat distance when I just need to knock something out. I push all the strollers aside.

I do now, however, jog there. Partly for the overcrowding and also it's like wearing a bikini to muscle beach- only the cute perky blond pony tail joggers are there and when I get passed by them so many times, I get a little discouraged.

Yet another reason I like my weekly jog location of the Interurban. I can jog past the shuffling crack whores and get cat calls and praise from the pimps. It's a great trail!
:D

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

Ha, I just plotted a course around Lake Union starting and ending at the SLUT stop by the park. Six miles exactly!

I think instead of doing that, I might walk from home down to Broadway, across I-5 at Lakeview, up Eastlake, all around the lake, then into downtown via Westlake, finally catching a bus home at 4th and Pike. I just mapped it, it'd be 8.5 miles. I think I'll do it soon.

[gldngrrl.livejournal.com]

Hmm maybe I'll do lake union today instead. Are there intersections/lights/ and stuff or is it pretty continuous?

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

I used to walk on my lunch breaks on the Westlake side. Really nice continuous trail for much of that. The Eastlake side's a little more neighborhoody for a lot of it, but also a lot of walking and bike lanes, especially toward the south.

You might wanna plot it it on mapmyrun, it allows you to do a flyby view once you save it! Or even just have a look in Satellite view on Google Maps. Whatever you run into, It'll be about 95% less people than Greenlake, I guarantee.

[gldngrrl.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks for the info! :D