Ran some on the treadmill to warm up, then did stretching and hit the roads with Paul, my trusted body guard. We went to Los Olivares, a park in San Isidro, then went around the golf course a couple of times. A guy stopped us as we went around. He is involved with a Peru running club, and invited us to join their Saturday run. He gave us the meeting time and said marathoners come, and about 300 people show up each week (sounds like an exaggeration, but we'll see?). I checked out the website he gave me and the location (very close to where we are staying) and time he gave us matches the website. I may join them on Saturday so I don't need to do a 20 miler on the treadmill. We went to the San Francisco Monastery and catacombs in downtown lima, where we got attacked by huge flocks of seagulls. I hid behind Paul and squealed like mad. The monastery was neat. Our guide seemed to speak English with somewhat of a Russian accent, instead of a Spanish accent, reminded me of Sasha. The catacombs were neat but not nearly as grand or impressive as the Paris catacombs.
We did a bay area bike tour in the afternoon/evening. We were the only ones to book for this tour besides a no-show, so we had the tour guide to ourselves. We had a great time there. Then we went to a great restaurant in Miraflores, will be one of our higher end meals (unlike the oatmeal I am eating right now for lunch :D). 4.5 miles walking and 11.5 miles biking today, in addition to our run. | 