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New Orleans Run

March 16, 2017 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
Well am I glad I brought my shoes. After spending the afternoon in the city riding around on the trolley, made my way back to the hotel to change and meet Doug for a run. We started at the convention center, ran down to the French Quarter, then up to Louis Armstrong Park to find the greenway and go up to City Park. He started out fast and it was tough to keep up, espcially with the narrow streets and the crowds. It was such a beautiful day people were out in droves enjoying the city. We didnt exactly find the greenway so we just ran along the street. It was pretty ghetto, reminded me of those old times in East Cleveland or down MLK in Buckeye. I like that. We went out a while then realized we wouldnt make it to City Park, so we turned around and came across the actual bike path! It was just one street over. It was real nice, wide greenspace, could see the whole city and all the way down to the river. We came back along that. Doug was hurting because of his Shrimp Pot Pie lunch. Kinda nasty but we persisted along. Came back same way through the park and into the French Quarter. Doug stopped off at Cafe Du Monte. From there I tried to weave around the crowds of the French Quarter back to the hotel. It was so busy I just ran down the streets in some parts. I looped up around Lafayette Park too just cause. Feeling great the whole time, got some solid milage and its just fun to wander around and explore sometimes. Great way to see more of the city. I was impressed.

Essentials: Stretch

Easy quick stretch when I got back since we were getting ready for dinner. It was rough legs felt wrecked. Lots of miles on concrete. Still it was invigorating and a great wrap up to a real solid meeting. Wasnt really thinking about it but legs really needed that. New Orleans isnt the best running city but people there get the job done, and its a lot of fun in the process.