Got to Lima at 5am. Took us an hour to find our hotel because I confused the cab driver and we didn't have the address of our hotel. We finally let him show us where the hotel is, which is in the San Isidro area, the embassy area of Lima, much nicer than south central Lima, where I lead the cab driver. We got to the hotel at 7:30am, and it is a nice hotel. It's a Swissotel, I hadn't heard of them until this trip but apparently they're in different locations around the world. The great staff let us in our room with an early checkin at 9am! So we were able to take a hearty nap then start our day. We didn't do much, a nice lunch, then let our stomach's rest, then we did a run. I wasn't sure if we'd run today given the arrival time, but since we had the room and I got a nap, we were ready to go. Lima is not really safe for a light haired gringa to run alone in, so the idea was to run with Paul (who averages 10 min pace) so I would need to run back and forth, but I did have a good looking bodyguard. Workout was 10-12 times 1 min on/off fartlek at 10k pace. Since I was still sore from the 1/2 marathon, and I was lucky to just be running at all, I did 10 of these. ave pace for on segments is 5:35 We walked over three miles through unsavory portions of Lima to get from San Isidro to Miraflores at dusk. We went the wrong way and were kind of frightened and tired. It is always scariest the first day on the streets in a foreign land, especially when there are lots of warnings in the guide book about the various methods criminals use to steal from you. Now that we've gotten more of the lay of the land, we are feeling more confident. We will remain vigilant but there is a lot to see and do in this city.
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