Phew, this run was tiring.
We always try to go on a long run on the weekend, with the goal of reaching seven miles. We actually ended up running 7.8 (rounded down, Ira).
Our first stop is the Center for Translational Research, which is really far away on Welch Road. It comes close to being the farthest place on the entire map. Mo and Jake were with us today, and I think they were impressed that we took our shortcut through the hospital. Along the way, we passed by the door to the Stanford Clinic. This excited me; it was the third place to visit today, and I was nervous that wouldn't be able to find some random building attached to the hospital. The Center for Translational Research looked pretty ordinary from the outside, although I'm sure they're doing good work there.
I got us a bit lost trying to take a shortcut through the Children's Hospital – I swear there was new construction zones from the last time we were here – but we eventually wove our way back through the Quad to the Center for Turbulence Research (CTR). We would go through the Quad about four times on this run, and the CTR was right next to the mythical building 590 that bamboozled us a week ago.
Next we ran through the Business School and around Maples Pavilion to the Children's Center of the Stanford Community (CCSC). It is tucked in behind the softball field, and Ira used to work there. We've run by it a few times before, and it is kind of cool that there's a preschool right by all the athletic fields. It looked like they were setting up for a field hockey game as we ran by. I wonder who they are playing. I must admit I don't know much about Stanford's field hockey team.
When I told Ira and Jake that our next stop was the Clinic (Boswell), they both groaned. We did a 180 and ran back to the clinic door we had seen earlier. At least we knew where we were going.
Then, it was back to the Clock Tower. We certainly knew where it was (although I led us on another sort of wrong turn trying to avoid taking the exact same route we did before), but we ran all around it looking for a sign that said "Clock Tower". There is no such sign, but I guess that it is a tower with a clock will have to be sufficient. There is some good Clock Tower information on Wikipedia.
We always try to go on a long run on the weekend, with the goal of reaching seven miles. We actually ended up running 7.8 (rounded down, Ira).
Our first stop is the Center for Translational Research, which is really far away on Welch Road. It comes close to being the farthest place on the entire map. Mo and Jake were with us today, and I think they were impressed that we took our shortcut through the hospital. Along the way, we passed by the door to the Stanford Clinic. This excited me; it was the third place to visit today, and I was nervous that wouldn't be able to find some random building attached to the hospital. The Center for Translational Research looked pretty ordinary from the outside, although I'm sure they're doing good work there.
I got us a bit lost trying to take a shortcut through the Children's Hospital – I swear there was new construction zones from the last time we were here – but we eventually wove our way back through the Quad to the Center for Turbulence Research (CTR). We would go through the Quad about four times on this run, and the CTR was right next to the mythical building 590 that bamboozled us a week ago.
Next we ran through the Business School and around Maples Pavilion to the Children's Center of the Stanford Community (CCSC). It is tucked in behind the softball field, and Ira used to work there. We've run by it a few times before, and it is kind of cool that there's a preschool right by all the athletic fields. It looked like they were setting up for a field hockey game as we ran by. I wonder who they are playing. I must admit I don't know much about Stanford's field hockey team.
When I told Ira and Jake that our next stop was the Clinic (Boswell), they both groaned. We did a 180 and ran back to the clinic door we had seen earlier. At least we knew where we were going.
Then, it was back to the Clock Tower. We certainly knew where it was (although I led us on another sort of wrong turn trying to avoid taking the exact same route we did before), but we ran all around it looking for a sign that said "Clock Tower". There is no such sign, but I guess that it is a tower with a clock will have to be sufficient. There is some good Clock Tower information on Wikipedia.
Jake and Mo decided to call it a day and head home at this point, since we'd already run about six miles, but we convinced them to check off one more building: the Clubhouse, which is part of Old Union. It was just a few hundred yards away, and houses various student groups. Jake and Mo then headed back to Wilbur Field.
Ira and KMo, on the other hand, headed down Panama Street to Cordura Hall (CSLI). Did you know that CSLI stands for the Center for the Study of Learning and Information? Just kidding, the "L" actually stands for Language, so it is the Center for the Study of Language and Information. Otherwise, studying learning and information seems to pretty much sum up everything that should be happening at at university. Cordura Hall is a nice building, see?
At this point, we were already over our 7 mile goal, but we basically had to run right past the Cogen Facility to get back, so we checked that one off as well. It's the "power plant" that provides electricity and heat to the whole campus, and is getting replaced by that newer crazy one out by the golf course. We couldn't actually find a door or a sign, but we know we found it.
And, yeah, we ran way to fast on our final mile. It hurt.
Total: 7.8 miles (actually 7.89, but I always round down, just to annoy Ira) for a grand total of 50.3 miles.
FTPG: 7.9 miles is a lot to ask of my physical frame at this point! KMO does an excellent job of underestimating the length of a long route so as to lure his unsuspecting subjects into committing beyond what's likely to be sensible for their good health. In the end, though, he helped me run nearly 8 miles, far beyond what I would have agreed to otherwise, so his strategy does pay off (which, of course is no surprise)!
ReplyDeleteFTPG2: Feels like we've been following this map forever, yet somehow we are still stuck in the "C"s and have covered 'just' 50 miles so far. I guess that's not too shabby, but I keep thinking that some marathon runner who finds this blog will take up the challenge and lap us in half a week. That would really be a disappointment. So, we are now motivated to get as far along as we can before someone else completes the challenge we set for ourselves. That's how KMo convinced me to run yet again today, even though I probably shouldn't.
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