Training Log Archive: Nadim

Bethesda, MD. From Rosedale Ave., Maryland Ave. to Jones Bridge Rd. to Rockville Pike, to Cedar La. and Elmhirst Rd. to Beach Dr. in Rock Creek Park, to Tuckerman La. to the Bethesda, Trolley Trail to Executive Blvd. to Federal Plaza. There Peggy, Max and I had brunch with our running club. We then returned via Old Georgetown Rd. and the Bethesda Trolley Trail to Rosedale Ave. After all this, I added on with a ride to the movie theatre on Wisconsin Ave. to meet some friends and see Walle. The movie was great! Max and Peggy had seen it on opening day.

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San Francisco, CA. From Mason St. & California St. down to Chinatown, up to the Coit Tower, then down to Pier 39 on The Warf. After my conference and presentation was over I did a self-guided walking tour based upon a co-worker's recommendation. It's steep and hilly city! I enjoyed all the sights and got a way for the many different ways people live in San Francisco. I think the one think they all had in common is that they successfully live in a place where others would be vertically challenged. The views were great. After this I hopped a cab to Japan Center and had dinner. Almost all the cabbies have a zest for gunning it up and down, then relying heavily on brakes. Like cab riding in New York, it's one of the attractions.

San Francisco, CA. Leaving at about 7pm from Hyde St. at The Warf, I rode a tandem bicycle along the bay coastline to Fort Point, then up to and over the Golden Gate Bridge. Turning around after getting squarely over land on the other side, I came back along the bay coastline again to Hyde St. Having rode and hung on to the cable cars the last two evenings after conference sessions, I made the effort to break from the crowds, avoid shopping and put off dinner for a while. A co-worker had caught me on the way out so she tagged along. She's much heavier than I and has knee problems too so she was a bit reluctant after finding out the motorized cycles we'd seen earlier weren't available. As we were about to give up on the venture, a tandem returned and eventually we signed up with the idea that I'd be able to do a lot of the work. The bike rental shop we were at reminded me of the people who walk up to you in Amsterdam to try to get you to go to their hostel. They were hard selling with smiles and various foreign accents and making themselves sound more shady than legitimate despite being the only such store around. They sold my coworker on this being a flat ride but we hit a tough hill less than a half mile out. It was all the more tougher not having perfected the required tandem coordination up to that point. My hurt knee ached for a while. Most of the ride was flat after that except the much bigger climb up to the Golden Gate Bridge. We stopped and took pictures (kind of hazy out) several times. I definately got a workout whenever climbing but kept the pace slow and steady enough elsewhere that I could do a lot of the work. It was a fun and memorable ride; much better than going shopping as did some other co-workers. The clam chowder at The Warf afterward was a nice way to finish the day.

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