Something I wondered about while going for a run today: Would it be possible to map my favorite runs and get the exact distances? Sometimes I run on bikepaths and on forest pathways. It should be possible to estimate about how far I’m traveling. MapMyRun seems to do what I want, though it is too commercial to include in my blog. The beautiful parts of this run start when I reach Wolf Park. There is a walking bridge across Alum Creek which I always find interesting. Sometimes I just cross it one way and turn around to go back. It’s fun to watch the ducks feeding in the stream. Last year some rocks were removed because it was thought that pollution was being deposited in the resulting slow spots at the base of the rocks. Now the water streams more smoothly. Unfortunately the Crested Night Herons no longer come to this spot to fish. I hope they don’t move their nests from the tall trees above Preston Road. Judging from the lack of bird poop below the nests, I’m afraid they have moved on.
This is one of my old standby runs. It has been over a year since I last ran it (without walking). The distance is 5.67 miles.