6:00 PM - Hi everyone! I am back from Montreal! Emmy and I had a blast. Montreal is truly a city that everyone should experience at some point. I have to admit that the first day I was a little bummed because it was so hard to resist the urge to bike. There are so many bikers in Montreal that there are actually separate biking lanes on nearly every road! Plus there are hardly any hills (highest elevation in the whole province is less than a thousand feet which is smaller than most of the hills around my house). We did somewhere between 20 and 30 miles of walking throughout the course of the week. We had a blast and tried out a new restaurant every night. We had Vietnamese, two Indian restaurants, Cambodian, Chinese, dinner at a couple different family restaurants and a sports bar. Long story short, I am wiped. I slept like nine or ten hours a night the whole week because I was so pooped from running around town (figuratively of course). But we made it back home tonight and stopped off at an Olive Garden where we ate so much food our second and third tummies nearly burst!
After getting home and catching up with my brothers and sister, Emma, Jonny, Harry and me all biked to the track where we found my dad doing his normal routine of walking 4 miles. He started this earlier this summer each day after work and I'm really proud of him. He was a runner for about 30 years but stopped running a couple years ago because of achilles issues and heart problems. He is back at it though and tomorrow is his 58th BIRTHDAY! I'm so excited. And to think he doesn't look a day over 46.. seriously!
So we did 10 miles of biking, 5 to the track and 5 from in 20:00 and 23:00 respectively. While at the track I eased into a shuffle for the first time in about a month I want to say. And it felt REALLY REALLY GOOD! It was so cool, my dad walking in lane five, Jonny in lane 4, Harry in lane 3 and Emmy and me in lanes 2 and 1. There was no one else there at the track so we just jogged 4 abreast and my dad gave us encouragement each lap around. I was so happy because I had ZERO PAIN! I know I didn't want to overdo it but I ended up doing 3 miles without stopping (10:08, 10:08, 9:35). The bike ride home was so much fun and we all had a blast. I am so happy to be back in New York. Montreal was a fun place to visit with all the people, languages, buildings, parks, and sights, but it's pretty flat and a little boring! New York is so diverse and full of twists, turns and undulations! :) Weight tonight: 172.. 1 pound lower than when we left and I pigged out on so many yummy foods! haha.
Total Time: 30:18 Total Distance: 3.04 miles Average Pace: 9:57/ mile | 
