Greenway

I ran on the Greenway today. What a GREAT place to run. It is about a block wide and runs north and south for miles. It has limited cross streets and has tunnels under the road at the busier streets. In Fargo, that counts as hills, although it is strange to have the downhill first! I parked at a playground that Cooper likes and started south. I first ran around by a couple of softball fields and a couple of soccer fields. Then under 32nd Ave S and into a residential area. In some areas, it was only about 200' wide with trees lining the path. There was also at least one runner running in the grass next to the path this morning. Now and then it would widen with a bench area or a playground for kids. At one place, there was a school property next to greenway and I again ran by softball fields and a football field. The route started to get real hilly at Rose Creek where it turned to skirt the edge of the golf course. But my garmin alerted me that I had gone 1.5 miles and I turned back for the car.

I read something yesterday that said what other sport calls its participants "community" like the "running community." Most of the runners I met said "hi" and it was a very friendly run.

While I was running, I realized that the greenway passed fairly close to Dale's. I had this feeling I would see him, but I ran past and did not. When I was about 0.4 mile from the car and had forgotten about him, I met him with him running in the other direction. I had a cap and sunglasses on, and he did not expect to see me; he did not recognize me at first. Only time for a quick "hi" and we both continued on with our workout.

Recap Stats -- 13.18 miles for the week. 30.48 since I started running on 7/13.