When I was growing up I thought I would end up living in New York, maybe L.A. I applied to NYU and Barnard, was accepted into both. Accepted a spot at Barnard. Went to an orientation at Barnard. Then I was accepted off the wait list at University of Chicago and never looked back. Yadda yadda yadda, ended up in Seattle. I say all of this because of how much of a poser I feel like when I visit New York. I marvel at the small spaces most of my friends accept as a way of life. I wonder how the women walk everywhere in their cool shoes. I exit the subway and am completely out of sorts, not knowing what is north, east, south, west. I always walk the wrong way, and thank goodness for that little blue dot on bing maps that tells me where I am on my phone app. I have figured out up is uptown. Down is downtown. Fifth ave is where east meets west, but it doesn’t seem like you need to tell anyone whether to meet them at ninth and w 58th or e 58th. It’s just 58th (believe me, it makes a difference in Seattle. NE 15th and NW 15th? So not the same thing).

ANYWAY. This is a post about running. Usually when I travel for business I am a frequent patron of the hotel gym. Last time I even did a drop in at a local CF box. This time I was just two blocks from Central Park, so I thought a run would be fun. I tried to prepare by studying maps and learning landmarks, but ultimately found it easier to follow a few joggers and soon I was on the path with tons of runners. I veered off and circled the reservoir, then ran back, trying to take the same path, not always succeeding. I enjoyed it so much I added it to my agenda for all 3 mornings I was in the city.

By the way. Central Park may be the only route where the you’ll experience both a buttery breakfast pastry aroma and the stink horse manure. At the same time. Mmmmmm.

Each day, I ran between 5 – 6 miles, depending on how lost I got coming out of the park (see first paragraph for reference).
Music: Foo fighters, Killers, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

The pic above was taken at the reservoir on my last run.