Today's run started out with what Ira called "without a doubt the most interesting find of the entire run so far." He's referring to our first stop, the Lake House. Before today, we weren't even sure that it existed at all. But, we found it, and it created more questions than answers. Basically, it is a private residence on the "shores" of Lake Lagunita. It is surrounded by a fence on three sides, and it is really tough to peer inside (trust me, we tried). There are all sorts of signs that say "Private Residence", so it felt like we were trespassing. Who lives here? Why is it on the map? Can anyone live here? What's the deal? (Editor's note: after some Googling, I found this information.)
Then, we went to the Landau Economics Building, right near Memorial Auditorium. This is one of those buildings you go by a billion times and never notice what it is called. There probably isn't a reason to notice it unless you are studying economics. Not that there is anything wrong with economics, of course.
We then went back to the Quad for the Language Corner (Pigott Hall) (260). I'm certainly not crazy about the double set of parentheses, and this is the corner of the Quad closest to the clock tower. There is a rant about this coming, but I'll save it for the P's, when, inexplicably, this building is listed again. This corner is pretty much the busiest bike intersection on campus, yet I bet, if you did a poll, most students would have no idea where Pigott Hall is.
Then, it was up the hill to the golf course area. Ira shared the story of the parking craziness around that side of campus, which sounds like it will be a mess for a few years. We ran up the hill to the Lathrop Barn which is, um, a barn. It is an old barn near the Carnegie Institution that is locked up, with no sign and no easy access. No idea why this is on the map either. It looked totally unused.
We headed back down the hill to the Lathrop Gate House, a private residence near the entrance to the golf course. I'll admit we didn't actually touch this building, since, as we ran close, there was a person nearby and a large dog started barking at us. Well, it may not have actually been a "large" dog, but it was a dog. I found some information about this private residence at this article, where it is called the "Alta Vista Gatehouse". Bizarre that today's run took us by two of the coolest private residences on the Stanford campus.
We were tired, but we decided to keep going to the newly opened Lathrop Library. It's the old business school, right across from History Corner, and it contains a lot of the stuff that was moved out of Meyer Library. Ira told the story of his new car on the way there, and we actually walked inside as Ira found the auditorium where he took CIV his freshman year. It turns out that walking for a few minutes feels really good, but then feels terrible when you start to run again.
Lastly, we decided to check more thing off our list: Laurel, which is one of the "tree portables". Do they really each deserve their own entry on the map? We brainstormed other tree names that begin with the letter L. (Loganberry, Lingonberry, Lime, Lemon. OK, maybe those aren't trees. We were at six miles at this point, and we only really went here to make the next stage of the run make more sense geographically.)
Distance: 6.3 miles (bringing us to 99.2 miles total)
Then, we went to the Landau Economics Building, right near Memorial Auditorium. This is one of those buildings you go by a billion times and never notice what it is called. There probably isn't a reason to notice it unless you are studying economics. Not that there is anything wrong with economics, of course.
We then went back to the Quad for the Language Corner (Pigott Hall) (260). I'm certainly not crazy about the double set of parentheses, and this is the corner of the Quad closest to the clock tower. There is a rant about this coming, but I'll save it for the P's, when, inexplicably, this building is listed again. This corner is pretty much the busiest bike intersection on campus, yet I bet, if you did a poll, most students would have no idea where Pigott Hall is.
Then, it was up the hill to the golf course area. Ira shared the story of the parking craziness around that side of campus, which sounds like it will be a mess for a few years. We ran up the hill to the Lathrop Barn which is, um, a barn. It is an old barn near the Carnegie Institution that is locked up, with no sign and no easy access. No idea why this is on the map either. It looked totally unused.
We headed back down the hill to the Lathrop Gate House, a private residence near the entrance to the golf course. I'll admit we didn't actually touch this building, since, as we ran close, there was a person nearby and a large dog started barking at us. Well, it may not have actually been a "large" dog, but it was a dog. I found some information about this private residence at this article, where it is called the "Alta Vista Gatehouse". Bizarre that today's run took us by two of the coolest private residences on the Stanford campus.
We were tired, but we decided to keep going to the newly opened Lathrop Library. It's the old business school, right across from History Corner, and it contains a lot of the stuff that was moved out of Meyer Library. Ira told the story of his new car on the way there, and we actually walked inside as Ira found the auditorium where he took CIV his freshman year. It turns out that walking for a few minutes feels really good, but then feels terrible when you start to run again.
Lastly, we decided to check more thing off our list: Laurel, which is one of the "tree portables". Do they really each deserve their own entry on the map? We brainstormed other tree names that begin with the letter L. (Loganberry, Lingonberry, Lime, Lemon. OK, maybe those aren't trees. We were at six miles at this point, and we only really went here to make the next stage of the run make more sense geographically.)
Distance: 6.3 miles (bringing us to 99.2 miles total)
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