Marin #4

Tuesday pm, 5.5 miles, 44
Saturday am, 7 miles, 1:00:00
Sunday pm, 8.9 miles, 1:10


Only a few runs to report. Mainly Saturday morning's run with Silas, in which we made our fourth attack on Marin Ave. The San Benito-Santa Barbara block is a short one, so this was probably a good week for it. We took the usual approach, via the Ohlone Greenway, at a pretty brisk pace. My legs were feeling fresh from 3 days off, but I had to be sure to save myself for the hill. We made it up four blocks and turned off, ending up 430 feet above home. Looking at the map, I see that I'll have to start planning these runs, because the roads get pretty winding further up the hill and I could end up getting lost on the way home. On the other hand, the answer may be to just run downhill. The downhill run from Santa Barbara is pretty steep, so I took it as a cautious pace. My day was made when I got home and hit my watch at exactly 1:00:00.

Today's run evolved as I went. Silas had skipped his nap, and fell asleep down by the bay about 20 minutes into the run. I decided to stretch things out a bit to go for a 10-miler. We ran up Gilman and hit the Greenway, then back to revisit Marin Ave. We only went up a block, though, before turning downtown. We saw Christine walking home from yoga at the Y, though, and decided to stop and walk with her. I was enjoying the run, but this is generally a good idea.

I haven't finished Born to Buy yet, because I'm a slow reader, but I've been reading about all the sleazy ways that corporations target kids, including actually writing curricula for public schools. I was somewhat relieved to read a shout-out for the Edible Schoolyard, which is right next to the track at MLK Middle School. Maybe we're in the right place.