4 november
5:59 - can i still get in the park?…hooray! just beat the guy putting up the “sam closed” sign…dang - no watch…the end of daylight savings means run early or run in the dark…can’t see anything with that train headlight coming at me…good trails at night when you can’t see where you’re going but know it’s all pretty safe are pretty fun…boxer - i haven’t listened to you since seward - maybe i can sretch this out to hear “gospel” before the end?…not many ferries out tonight - do they run sunday evenings?…galer bridge is coming up, ran hard yesterday and haven’t really eaten much since then - what to do?…red sleeping bag - decent night to be homeless…don’t stop…train tracks? am i lost?…ahh - this is the right trail but it looks different in the dark…don’t want to be out all night - bettter take this turn…hmm - take a new run and go somewhere i’ve never beeni’ve never run up queen anne and it seems more appealing than elliot…i have no idea where i am…unfamiliar sidewalks in the dark are terrible…”run in the street” - of course! - much better…still no idea where i am - head for the towers and keep climbing…how did i miss the first tower? guess i’m heading for the middle one…here it is - fenced off - can’t touch it - touch the plant instead…ow! holly! wish i’d skipped that…i thought it was supposed to be all downhill from here but things aren’t getting any easier on the descent…burning from the holly cuts - really wish i skipped that…seattle center - i love the lights at the opera…ahh - and like clockwork: “let me come over and i can waste your time - i’m bored”
jrc said,
November 5, 2007 @ 10:32 am
Ahh, ye red sleeping bag. Real familiar with him. Right before entering the train yard, right?
You should have left the elevation chart turned on so we could see those massive QA hills you did.
A similar run I do is instead of turning right on the Dravus St. bridge, continue going straight and turn right towards the Emerson St. Bridge…which leads to the Ballard Bridge. Upon reaching the drawbridge area, I turn around and then come back the way I came, instead I go through the other side of that bus parking lot area next to the train yard. This leads you to the Magnolia bridge, which you cross and then come down the steps to the train tracks, cross those, and come back through Myrtle Edwards Park. I’d usually do that run on those 75-90 minute days leading up to Boston/Victoria.
Patrick said,
November 6, 2007 @ 11:00 am
Hey - that’s the guy! I’d never noticed him before…You’re right about the elevation maps - I keep forgetting about that. I’ll have to ask you about a few of those bridges. I know the Emerson bridge well from all the summer Locks long runs but I don’t know the Magnolia bridge so well. Or maybe I do? I’ve taken the Galer bridge and the pedestrian bridge over to the fishing docks…I have a whole new neighborhood to get to know!