Jaclyn posted: " When I packed for my business trip to Seattle, I optimistically tossed my tie-dye running shoes (not my favorite pair, but very PNW) and a couple of workout outfits into my suitcase. I figured at a minimum I'd get in some hotel gym time, but I was h"
When I packed for my business trip to Seattle, I optimistically tossed my tie-dye running shoes (not my favorite pair, but very PNW) and a couple of workout outfits into my suitcase. I figured at a minimum I'd get in some hotel gym time, but I was hoping for at least one good run outside. On Wednesday morning, I stepped out into the chill and ran from my hotel to the Seattle Center, looping around the Space Needle, Chihuly Gardens, PacSci, and the new Climate Pledge Arena (release the Kraken!) and cursing my decision to leave my phone in the room - not only because I got no pictures, but also because there were a few minutes there when I wasn't sure where the hotel was. (Whoops. Don't worry. I found it.) Anyway - I promised myself I wouldn't make the same mistake twice. On Thursday I woke up to sunny skies, temperatures in the sixties and climbing, and an hour before I had to be anywhere for conference activities. I'd originally planned to get an Uber over to Green Lake, but decided I'd have time for a longer run if I stayed close to the hotel. Still wanting water views, I went big: down past Pike Place, over to the Alaskan Way seawall, where I discovered that - as Seattleites say - the mountains were out.
Even beautiful, elusive Rainier!
Seriously, though. Is there anything more iconic than a Washington State Ferry against a backdrop of snow-capped Olympic Mountains? I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
Great Wheel!
A woman stopped me as I was running back from Seattle Center on Wednesday to rave about my sneakers. They're pretty cool, I had to agree.
Seattle, I love you. I don't have plans to go back anytime soon - not until December, for the litigation department holiday party, although plans can change and I always assume another trip to Seattle is in the offing. But if I don't end up taking in these Puget Sound views for a few months, I'm glad I had such a perfect morning run. Five kilometers along the seawall, gawking at mountains all the while.
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