I woke up to a foggy and raining morning in Philadelphia; that is, I could barely see the steps of the city’s famous Art Museum which was just down the street from my hotel. Since my legs were feeling a little less stiff today (however, my left foot was still achy and sore), I headed out for my morning run with the aim for running up the Art Museum’s steps like Rocky. However, just before I got to the museum, a security guard warned me by yelling, “You are not running up those steps, they are closed to the public.” Needles to say, I must have looked like an out-of-town jogger looking to reenact a part of movie history, because this guard sure knew my intention. I looked ahead and I could see that there were gates around museum and the guard informed me that they were in the processes of setting up for the city’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The need to run up the Art Museum steps just gives me a good excuse to return to Philly.
Anyways, I ran across town to the Independence Mall and did a lap around the Independence-Hall and Liberty-Bell-Center blocks before running back to my hotel through China Town. The total distance of this morning run was 6.2 miles at an easy.
For my daily non-running workout, I completed 330 push-ups and 30 sit-ups. | 