Today’s Run: 7.2, 1:19:24 minutes. YT: 328.17. Today I saw NY’s version of LA’s Kooky Groovy Lady. She was overall less kooky and groovy, but she was doing a kind of Spanish dance as part of her walk gait. It involved a lot of arm movement.

I was really excited about today’s run, and it didn’t disappoint me. The route plan was hatched with Scott of 430 or Bust fame over DM messaging: My apartment to the East River, up East River to Caroline Slip, up the slip through Chinatown to Bowery, which would put me right on the pedestrian path of the Manhattan Bridge.

So, let’s get started…. First, approaching the Bridge from the East River:

Then, Chinatown… not a single white person in site, so I guess the tourists go elsewhere:

Now, some pics from the bridge approach, looking down into Chinatown…

Now, getting out onto the real bridge…

And finally, get ready for it —

The bridge you see there is the Brooklyn Bridge. Another view…and you can click these photos if you want to see them bigger.

In summary, great run! Barely felt the 7 miles, what with all this picture taking.  I didn’t go all the way across the bridge – I turned around at 3.5 miles, because I wanted a 7 mile round trip. I had three decent runs in a row this week; why push it?