Great Way to Explore Your City, Run

Posted on October 11, 2008
Filed Under Fitness |

Want to explore uncharted territory in you community or find out what people are up to?

Go on a run. If running isn’t your thing, ride your bike. Don’t have a bike? Get out your walking shoes.

This morning, my wife and I went on a long run (9 miles) to keep up in our training for a half-marathon race next weekend.

There is no way I’m running 9 miles around an oval track or pounding it out on a treadmill, so we needed to mark out a new course to run this distance. What was great about the run is that we got to see parts of the city that we haven’t seen before and also see where people were hanging out on beautiful Saturday morning.

We started our run at Southern Seminary and headed downtown through a newly developed bike/run path at the corner of Lexington (for those of you who are familiar with Louisville). On our way downtown, we passed a skate/bike park that I have always wanted to check out (it was packed), cool little small businesses, and plenty of people enjoying breakfast or some coffee at local shops.

As we reached downtown (4 and half miles at this point), we noticed another 5K race finishing up, proceeded around Louisville Slugger Baseball Field, and headed back home via Frankfort Ave (passed a coworker of my wife who is training for the same race).

Overall, we enjoyed the new path and having the opportunity to explore our city and seeing what it was up to.

But 9 miles is still 9 miles! We are tired. And to be honest with you, I enjoy the results and the feeling of accomplishment after a run more than I do the struggle.

But the reality is that we can’t have one with out the other, whether if that is in training for a race or in life.

How do you like to explore your city?

C.Harv

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One Response to “Great Way to Explore Your City, Run”

  1. ArelisNo Gravatar on October 13th, 2008 10:07 am

    We did have a very nice and scenic 9 mile run!It was still long and tiring though.

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