On Tuesday morning, I went for a run (and lap swim) in Chicago and then embarked on a long, multi-day trip in the afternoon. I had come up with the brilliant idea that I would drive Mike's car (alone) from Chicago to our new home in Dallas. Armed with hours worth of podcasts on running, endurance training and sports nutrition, I drove for about 5 hours to the town of Fenton, Missouri.
I woke up in Fenton Wednesday morning and was pleasantly surprised to discover a paved running trail not far from my hotel. Since this was going to be my only exercise for the day before sitting in the car for several hours, I went out for a little bit of a longer run. The fall air invigorated me as I took in the fall scenery and enjoyed the trail that ran along the Meramec Greenway.
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| Running the loop around Fenton City Park |
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| Enjoying the water and fall leaves |
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| Another view of the changing leaves along the Meramec Greenway |
I left Fenton late Wednesday morning and drove 6 hours to the town of Muskogee, Oklahoma. I am not a fan of Oklahoma and had no desire to spend any more time there than I needed to. So I awoke very early this morning to drive the final 4 hours to our new home in Dallas. I was so thrilled and relived when I finally pulled up to our new place. I loved walking through it and unpacking what I had brought. After everything was settled, I went out for what turned out to be an amazing run. It was a cooler, cloudy day. I'm not sure if I had pent up energy from all the driving or if the DD coffee I had a few hours earlier kicked in -- but I had my fastest run since well before my surgery. It felt so great to have my speed back again. I ran from our new place over to the Katy Trail, which is a 3.5 mile trail that runs from downtown Dallas north to Highland Park. I picked up the trail around the middle of it and ran first to one end and then the other -- so 7 miles total plus the miles to and from our place. All told it was just under 9 miles. I think I have found my new running route! The fact that I run past our new gym (Equinox -- which I LOVE and which deserves another post) doesn't hurt either.
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| American Airlines Center at the southern end of the Katy Trail |
Mike arrived in Dallas later this afternoon. We are here until Saturday afternoon which means I will have a few more chances to get out and run around here until we finally move here permanently in November....
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