GG Park II

While Veronica is with her grandparents, I thought I'd go on a solo run to see if I can still go longer and faster.  It was rather painful, actually.  It's a bright sunny day in San Francisco, probably in the 70s so much cooler than I'm used to, but still I didn't feel like going on and on and on.  As it was I went up 14th Ave to Geary, then up Funston to Fulton and into the Rose Garden (in full bloom!, that's about 1.0 mile) Then I went up JFK to over by Oak near Haight and back near the playground and carousel, then around the mall by the DeYoung (where I went this morning) and Cal Academy of Sciences.  Then back out by the Rose Garden and home with an extra block to make it 5+.

Playlist
Vibrate On	Augustus Pablo and the Upsetters
Red, Red Wine	UB40
T.B. Sheets	Van Morrison
Jump Around	House of Pain
How Many More Times	Led Zeppelin
Pass the Dutchie	Musical Youth
Enter the Ninja	Die Antwoord
Creep	Radiohead

Distance 5.03 miles
Cumulative 15.16 miles
Time 43:27
Pace 8.38 min/mile

If you're going to San Francisco...

I'm back in California for a visit to my in-laws who live in San Francisco, pretty much right between the Presidio and Golden Gate Park. Since it's Sunday, I thought I'd head west towards GGP, which is largely closed off to car traffic today. I up 14th Ave to Geary, then across and across again and up Funston to enter through the Rose Garden, then down towards the beach.
It's probably about 15-20 degrees cooler here than back home, which made my body happy, and enabled me to get a nice long run in. My calves are still barking a bit, but hopefully Vitamin I (as in ibuprofen) will help sort it out. I ran in my old New Balance, since I don't think I'm up to such a long run in the Five Fingers.

Playlist (in honor of GGP, mostly hippie hits from the 60's and 70's).
Going to California -Led Zeppelin
One More Saturday Night -Grateful Dead
Rocks Off -Rolling Stones
The Jean Genie -David Bowie
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) -Jimi Hendrix
Breakdown -Parliament
Rock & Roll -Lou Reed & Velvet Underground
Friends -Led Zeppelin
Celebration Day -Led Zeppelin
Lucifer Sam -Pink Floyd
Standing on the Verge of Getting It On -Funkadelic
What Goes On -Velvet Underground
What Is Life -George Harrison
No Expectations -Rolling Stones
Width of A Circle -David Bowie
You're My Best Friend -Queen
Chicken Strut -the Meters

Times
L1 1:12:29
L2 0:30
Total 1:12:59

Distance 7.7 miles
Cumulative 34.0 miles. Getting close to my goal!