This morning I scheduled a 5:00-am wakeup call in order to get in my sub-6:00-am run before work. It was raining (i.e., a steady drizzle) and a little bit chilly in Saint Louis; however, after a mile or two I was able to get my body temperature up to a non-shivering level. Starting out from Union Station, I ran eastward on Mark Street turning up on Jefferson Avenue. I ran a couple blocks up to Olive Street then just headed east. I ran by the University of Saint Louis, which has a really neat looking campus (i.e., old architecture--for example, the Saint Xavier of Francis church constructed in the 1840s--combined with new designs) in a nice area of town.
After passing the University, I ran down to northwest corner of Forest Park (this park hosted many of the athletic events during the 1904 Olympic Games) then ran up and past the Chase Park Plaza Hotel to Maryland Avenue. Heading back by way of Maryland, I circled around the new Saint Louis Cathedral, which is a massive Basilica similar in design to the one that I have run by in Baltimore a few times. I headed back to Union Station to complete my easy-pace morning run that equated to a total distance of 8.0 miles.
Following the completion of my workday, I headed out for a couple of short evening runs. For the first one, I jogged from Union Station over to the Central City Library to have a look around. The Saint Louis Library has a classical Greek design to it with its expansive marble staircase and enormous white columns. Also, the inside is pretty old looking; therefore, a big contrast to our main and modernly designed Salt Lake City Library. From the library, I headed back to Union Station to pick up a few things before jogging down near the Mississippi River to the Burger Bar for diner. The combined distance of these two runs was 2.5 miles.
In regards to my non-running workout, I completed 200 sit-ups and 40 push-ups (i.e., two sets of twenty). | 