9.1 miles for 9/1....Hello September

9.1 miles for 9/1....Hello September

Seriously it does feel like Fall for the first am run in September. Everyone was layered up and "coat up", this am. I had on my long sleeve shirt while running. I had debated about long pants. neither hear nor there.  To kick off the new month, the start of the academic year, and college football season, I ran 9.1 miles to get things going.

In 9.1 miles I ran from Cambridge( MIT) to South End, Roxbury, Backbay, Museum ofScience and back to MIT. The cool under 60 degree weather reduced my sweat and kept my strive going.

I happen to run into ms. Tubman and thought about how she labored and continued to do so until she died. Or the people going to work this morning trying to get their jobs done.  Laboring never ends.

I appreciate all who do and have continued to do so. For me, running 9.1 miles on a Friday am isn't really labor intensive. But if I have to do over 13.1 this morning, it would have been

Over or Under Bridges

Over or Under Bridges

Last day of month....gentrified urban running

Last day of month....gentrified urban running