6:30 am. I don't know why I fight it so much, When my alarm went off this morning I kept trying to tell myself to just go run on the treadmill again, but I had mapped out a run last night and finally gave in and went. I brought 2 sets of winter running clothes with me this trip and put them both on cause I was afraid of the cold. Found out quickly that 1 set would have sufficed. Set out from the hotel, there was a light snow the entire run this morning which was actually quite enjoyable, started running up the road and quickly decided that I had already ran way past the street I had planned on going down so I turned around, right about the time I got to the road my Garmin started working so perfect timing anyway, headed down a road that looked much bigger on the map to the Louvre, went through the Louvre courtyard and planned on running through the Naked Statue park (Jardin des Tuileries) but it was closed and I had to back track to run around it. Ran to the Farris Wheel at the end of the Champs-Elysees and then run up the Champs-Elysees, slight uphill. It made me really amazed to think how fast the Tour De France guys fly up that street up-hill with Cobble stones. Made a victory loop around the Arc De Triomphe which wasn't very victorious cause I kept having to stop for traffic at all 7 intersections, then headed down to the Eiffel tower, I had to walk down some very slippery steps, my plan wasn't to go across the river to the tower but once I got there I decided it didn't seem right to run through Paris without running under the Eiffel tower so I went across the bridge and ran to the end of the park (Champ De Mars) and back, which added 1 mile which I was happy about. Ran back up the river to the Louvre the naked statue park was now open so I made some fresh tracks through the snow went through the Louvre courtyard and back up the same street I had come down. Amazing run, so happy I did it and let myself know that I'm not stuck on a little treadmill this entire trip. I have tomorrow off of work and plan to extend my run to 13 or 14 miles. 9 miles in 1:05:16 7:15 avg pace.
Here is my garmin route and flyby just for fun.
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