After several conversations about the current situation, I definitely had to get out today. I may have ended up going out of my head cooped up here.
Last spring we had joined a running group that met three times a week for rigorous workouts of full body circuits, sprint cycles, and running the stadium steps, track or both.
The sessions were about an hour each, and the coach worked us hard and good. Once it got dark early (winter time), we went into hibernation and only started running again since this quarantine started over a month ago.
We’ve been running this route of 6.4 miles/10.4 km weekly, but I skipped last week. I’ve been lazy and prone to indulging in being stuck in my head.
Luckily I got my act together and joined Martin on his bike ride today. We biked to the top of Berkeley/Oakland hills with sweeping views of the East and San Francisco Bay on this route of 11 miles/17.8 km:
It was fantastic and felt great to be out in nature and out of my head. Speaking of which, listen instead to these versions of Going Out of My Head: Little Anthony & The Imperials, Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66, Fatboy Slim or just get out and bask in it afterwards as we did here:
