A run to work

Posted on September 5th, 2008 by Andrew

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My wife had to be in to work early for a conference call so I had to stay at home and sort out our baby daughter until her grandmother got up. Grandma looks after little Emma on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. What this means is that I had the chance to run into work. I haven’t done this for a long time as the weather has been bad and I haven’t really had the opportunity.

I wanted to get about 10 – 12 km in so I initially headed away from work and headed out towards Mission Bay. And then headed back in towards the city. I took this photo with my cellphone just to show you the torrid conditions I had to labour in:

It’s really tough but someone has to do it!

11.5km in 1:03:34 for an average pace of 5:32 min/km. I’ve noticed that my normal pace is getting faster which is great.[ad#default]

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23 Responses to “A run to work”

suzanne // Sep 5, 2008 at 2:26 pm

Wow that would definitely inspire me to want to run to work!!

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Jessica // Sep 5, 2008 at 2:35 pm

Hi Andrew, this looks like a joy! Congrats on improving your pace as well Jessica.

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Fitness Guy // Sep 5, 2008 at 2:43 pm

Wow, what a beautiful route. And that sounds like a great pace. I can feel winter coming here in Calgary and have been looking for good excuses to get exercise outside before it all turns to snowy weather

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Metroknow - Almostfit.com // Sep 5, 2008 at 3:56 pm

As your posts so often do, this really makes me miss New Zealand. And you run a fast time!

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Aaron // Sep 5, 2008 at 5:04 pm

That is quite a clear photo from cell phone! Nice run and excellent work with the pace.

Loving the spring weather – has me thinking about going running when i get home.

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AndrewE reply on September 5th, 2008 6:36 pm:
I bought a cellphone with a 5mp camera.

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Spartan7 // Sep 5, 2008 at 8:14 pm

That looks like a great place to run! I hope that the weather didn’t get you down.

It is pretty cool seeing your average pace get better. Good work.

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MizFit // Sep 5, 2008 at 10:32 pm

man how BEAUTIFUL IS THAT.

and thats my comment as MY EMMA is awake and running/

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Andrew(AJH) // Sep 5, 2008 at 10:58 pm

Oh no, that looks so terribly torrid – I don’t know how you survived out in that for even 5 minutes

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Marshmallow // Sep 5, 2008 at 11:03 pm

Bastard.

*jealous glare*

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Felice // Sep 6, 2008 at 12:55 am

Wow. What a terrific place to run. That’s a great photo.
Nice pace, too!

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Jeff // Sep 6, 2008 at 3:21 am

Don’t know how you made it through the run. What suffering.

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Ashley // Sep 6, 2008 at 7:49 am

Random Question: When you run in to work, do you have the chance to shower? Or are you just so genetically blessed as to not stink to high heaven after a run (even in the most wonderful of conditions)?

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AndrewE reply on September 6th, 2008 8:48 am:
I definitely need a shower and my work happens to have a plethora of them available.

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Blake // Sep 6, 2008 at 10:32 am

sounds like a great run…great day too!

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Will @ 4XLT // Sep 6, 2008 at 11:21 am

Running to work? 10km?

Gotta admit, nothing about that sounds pleasurable to me.

But apart from the sarcasm, I’m interested in hearing what about running (and in particular the distance variety you seem) works so well / you enjoy?

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John's Weight Loss Blog // Sep 6, 2008 at 9:54 pm

Keep up the great work Andrew, you are amazing. I can’t believe that picture was taken with a cell phone!

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Eric Gervase // Sep 7, 2008 at 12:56 am

Wow… that’s gorgeous. I am jealous.

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Staci // Sep 7, 2008 at 6:37 am

That is so gorgeous, what great motivation to run to work!
Congrats on improving your pace, what a nice payoff for your dedication!

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Dave // Sep 7, 2008 at 6:45 am

Ok so.. You suck!
Sunny -Too hot!
Water- Smells like fish!
Running path- you will get run over by a bike!
Run to work – smell- phew..
Dude you have it rough . haha
Kidding aside – Looks like you live in a great running city!! I am jealous..

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steve // Sep 7, 2008 at 11:45 am

Torrid indeed….I’m jealous

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Diana the Scale Junkie // Sep 7, 2008 at 1:06 pm

Sorry you had to “slum it” with those torrid conditions on your way to work.

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Jonas Maldonado // Mar 4, 2009 at 11:45 pm

One more reason to use a mac

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