A run to work

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.

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September 5, 2008 | Filed Under fitness 

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23 Responses to “A run to work”

  1. suzanneNo Gravatar on September 5th, 2008 2:26 pm

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

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  2. JessicaNo Gravatar on September 5th, 2008 2:35 pm

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

  3. Fitness GuyNo Gravatar on September 5th, 2008 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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  4. Metroknow - Almostfit.comNo Gravatar on September 5th, 2008 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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  5. AaronNo Gravatar on September 5th, 2008 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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  6. AndrewENo Gravatar on September 5th, 2008 6:36 pm

    I bought a cellphone with a 5mp camera. :)
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  7. Spartan7No Gravatar on September 5th, 2008 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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  8. MizFitNo Gravatar on September 5th, 2008 10:32 pm

    man how BEAUTIFUL IS THAT.

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

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  9. Andrew(AJH)No Gravatar on September 5th, 2008 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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  10. MarshmallowNo Gravatar on September 5th, 2008 11:03 pm

    Bastard.

    *jealous glare*

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  11. FeliceNo Gravatar on September 6th, 2008 12:55 am

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

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  12. JeffNo Gravatar on September 6th, 2008 3:21 am

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

  13. AshleyNo Gravatar on September 6th, 2008 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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  14. AndrewENo Gravatar 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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  15. BlakeNo Gravatar on September 6th, 2008 10:32 am

    sounds like a great run…great day too!

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  16. Will @ 4XLTNo Gravatar on September 6th, 2008 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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  17. John's Weight Loss BlogNo Gravatar on September 6th, 2008 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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  18. Eric GervaseNo Gravatar on September 7th, 2008 12:56 am

    Wow… that’s gorgeous. I am jealous.

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  19. StaciNo Gravatar on September 7th, 2008 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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  20. DaveNo Gravatar on September 7th, 2008 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..

  21. steveNo Gravatar on September 7th, 2008 11:45 am

    Torrid indeed….I’m jealous :)

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  22. Diana the Scale JunkieNo Gravatar on September 7th, 2008 1:06 pm

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

  23. Jonas MaldonadoNo Gravatar on March 4th, 2009 11:45 pm

    One more reason to use a mac ;)

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