First jog in London
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exercise_every_dayThanks to jet lag I was out the door around 5:30 this morning. Jogged to Hyde Park and around the Serpentine, per rydra_wong 's suggestion, got back to the B&B around 7 am. I didn't realize when I booked this room that I was plopping down in the middle of embassy central...I've never seen so many crazy fancy cars in one place (not that I'm complaining).
I paused during the jog for some calisthenics. 3 sets of: 10 inverted rows (hanging from a guardrail), 20 push-ups, 10 squats. Then back to jogging.
(And I performed a kata for some sleepy geese. They were not impressed.)
I was impressed, however. This is my first time in London, and for an impressionable boy from Texas it's hard to imagine a better way to watch the city slowly wake up in the morning. At one point I could look to the right and see fog hugging green grass like a scene from The Hound of the Baskervilles, and then I could look tothe right the other right and see the blue curve of the Eye on the horizon, winking at rosy-fingered dawn.
I think I'm in love.
rydra_wong 's suggestion, got back to the B&B around 7 am. I didn't realize when I booked this room that I was plopping down in the middle of embassy central...I've never seen so many crazy fancy cars in one place (not that I'm complaining).I paused during the jog for some calisthenics. 3 sets of: 10 inverted rows (hanging from a guardrail), 20 push-ups, 10 squats. Then back to jogging.
(And I performed a kata for some sleepy geese. They were not impressed.)
I was impressed, however. This is my first time in London, and for an impressionable boy from Texas it's hard to imagine a better way to watch the city slowly wake up in the morning. At one point I could look to the right and see fog hugging green grass like a scene from The Hound of the Baskervilles, and then I could look to
I think I'm in love.
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Date: 2011-10-17 07:20 am (UTC)For sheer pretty and a way to see more of London, I'd also rec heading over and walking or running along the Thames path.
If you cross over at Westminster Bridge and head eastwards, the south bank of the Thames has a fine series of museums, galleries, restaurants and generally nice places to pause and refuel.