Vancouver Bay, 5K-ish, Sat. Oct. 7

Couldn't miss the opportunity to run while I was over here, even though I was busy all daylight hours. Full moon hidden behind clouds and it was almost raining, but mild enough to be okay in only two t-shirts (though the coolth had hints of winter on the way, and again had me thinking about gloves, hats, the whole rigmarole).

Beautiful campus to run on too, but I wanted to shake hands with the Great Flat Ocean, so I headed off the edge of campus to the Pacific Bay Park (I think check name and add URL) and found a road that went down and down to the lights sparkling on the water. It was pretty murky but I could see my way to the beach, climbing over a few rocks and driftwood -- one an escaped log from a commercial load, something like 3-4 ft in diameter and several dozens of feet long.

Got to the water and saw the silhouette of a heron tall as a person standing in the water, fishing; evidently a bit unhappy with my presence, it shifted a bit, and when I dipped my hand in to touch the water it rose complaining and flew off with series of grumbly calls, more crow than seabird (well, I guess it's a river/estuary bird, but still).

Headed back up and then continued away from the dorm to the Asian center and did a last grateful lap round the Nitobe Garden (see LJ for that), and back through campus again to finish.

First run in a week, and it felt a bit odd, but very happy I managed even that.

Time: 28.16
Speed: 8.15 mph
Distance: 3.84 miles

Comment: considering I'd eaten dinner only an hour previously, not bad: maybe I can allow for runs with less digestion time, which would let me squeeze in a few more (probably only short ones, but still).

Postscript:
Here's the way it's been since semester started (total miles run, with the last vacation week for comparison):
(31.7); 11.39; 25.43; 14.01; 12.23; 3.84.
Now it's Sunday, a new week, but I'm on a plane, having got up at 3:10 a.m. and I won't be home until after 10 p.m. No run today.