Downtown Sunday Run - 4 miles

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4.27 miles

Met my friend Paul in South Philly for a short run mid-morning. It's the first time I've run in about three weeks, and it felt good to get back on the road. It's asking for trouble running so late in the morning in July, but the weather was cooler and less humid than we've had for a few weeks.

I locked my bike about a mile from Paul's house then maintained an 8:00 pace through city streets before we started out together. We kept a pretty relaxed pace, just jogging and talking.

Afterwards Paul gave me a tour of the new loft condo he's buying at 12th & Fitzwater where I locked my bike. That is one of my favorite food neighborhoods. It's got the Italian Market, plus tons of inexpensive ethnic food - Italian restaurants and hoagie shops (famous Pat's and Geno's steaks are a few blocks away), lots of Vietnamese and in the last 10 years lots of Mexican. Anyone who visits me in Philly ends up making a few trips to this neighborhood.

I think I'm going to try running every day in the morning - just 3-4 miles to start out. Will run in the pm on Monday and Tuesday because I already have early morning meetings scheduled.