I ran for the second night in a row in Indianapolis. I decided that I wanted to do a run closer to
downtown. I knew there was a canal path
near the heart of the city. The plan was
to go out for 3 scorching miles. It was
again very hot, even in the evening. It
is only going to get hotter too.
After a quick bathroom pit stop, I finally got going. I was going to look at a map they had, but it
was missing. I turned around and
followed a girl along the river. She was
quite a bit ahead of me, but it was good practice for catching up. When we got to the actually canal, she ran
one way and I ran the other. We were on
opposite sides of the canal.
The path was cool. It
ran by a lot of building including the NCAA Hall of Champions and Indiana State
Museum. There were also a lot of condos
and even a shop or two. The pathway was
beautiful. It was mostly concrete, but
it was a mixture of that and different types of pavers.
As we rounded one corner, I thought the loop was over. It turned out it kept going and going pretty
far into town. I felt good in the first
mile and was thinking to myself that it wasn’t so hot. My opinion changed quickly though. Even without a shirt on and later in the
evening, it was a hot one. It also
didn’t help that I was running on the sunny side of the canal.
I decided to keep going and going. I was hoping and figuring the path would end
soon. Sure enough, I was correct. After a little over a mile and a half, it
finally ended and I looped back around the other side. I shortly passed the girl.
Being on the other side was a big relief. It was cooler there in the shade most of the
way. It was still quite hot though and
after mile two I was starting to feel it.
The rough surfaces took their toll a bit too. It wasn’t that bad, but my groin was getting
sore.
I continue to be amazed at how rude people are here when you
are running. No one said hi. Only one guy on a bike yelled “coming on your
right.” At one point two groups of
walkers were passing in front of me. The
group coming at me was about 4 wide and the one girl could clearly see me
coming. She didn’t move over and I had
to slow and brush up against the guy walking on my side. I should’ve just plowed her over.
I was surprised at my pace.
I ran easy, but my time was pretty fast.
A big part of that was the flatness of the route. At the same time though, I figured the heat
would slow me a lot. Instead, the pace
was good.
I finished right around where I started and was very
relieved. It was hot and I was sweating
like crazy. My eyes have been bothered
some by my allergies out. It has caused
me to rub them. The sweat dripped into
some of the sore spots and it burned.
Not too much fun.
It was another scenic and fun run. I like exploring the city. Indianapolis definitely has some good
waterways. I wish hills existed around
here, but for now the flatness will do.
I really want to get a 5 or 6 mile run in tomorrow. Running in the morning would be most ideal,
but I’m not sure how recovered my legs will be after an evening run. Tomorrow night, we are going to a race, so I
can’t run then. I’d either have to run
in the dark or on Sunday morning (race morning). Both might be a pain out here, as would a run
in the heat during the afternoon. We
shall see what I do.
3 miles 26:25(8:49 pace)
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