Today’s run: 4.6 miles, 50 minutes. YT: 101.4 (aka 10% of yearly mileage!). After yesterday’s unpleasantness I felt the need to push myself today. Mission accomplished. I ran past stainless steel pot man on the sidewalk. The exchange made him anxious and involved more eye contact than I think either of us was prepared for. Still, I said good morning, and he gave me a weak “Haaa” back. I think we are becoming friends. I really want to get on the bus with him one day and find out where he works.

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East River Park, NY - where I'll soon be running again. Fresh air? Unsure. But definitely cold air.

Now, where to run? Of course, this is subjective, but run where:

• There’s lots of fresh air
• There’s not a lot of stoplights and traffic
• There’s lots of cute dogs
• There’s lots of cute guys (or, OK, girls)
• There’s lots of other runners or people playing sports
• There are lots of things that smell good
• There’s water to look at and water to drink

For the longer version of “where to run,” click more. Or just tell me where you like to run in the comments!