(Case in point... I could NOT do this without major damage happening.)
(It doesn't look as cool as it actually is. Kind of like me.)
(Ummmm... me + no make-up = "death warmed over" look.)
After I bounced around on the couch for a bit, I decided to go on a quick and easy run... instead of going down Comm Ave again, I headed down Beacon Street for a change of scenery. Running is such a GREAT way to get to know your neighborhood... now I know where to find a pharmacy, a Thai restaurant, a burrito place (YES!), TRADER JOE'S (I'm trying to rub it in here...), and guess what else I found?!? I FOUND SOME AWESOME AND LONG AND SORT OF STEEP STAIRS!!! I have always loved doing stairs. When I lived in Santa Monica I had the quintessential stairs to add into my daily runs... the world-famous 4th Street Santa Monica stairs.
(The SaMo cement stairs. 183 steps of leg-burning hell... or heaven if you're a masochist.)
Seriously, these stairs are about as famous as the celebrities you often see there (I saw J.Lo., Kendra from the 'Girls Next Door', that 'Fish' guy from Ally McBeal, and a bunch of other bit actors that you're like, 'What show was that dude/chick in again?'). There are two sets... the wood stairs and the cement stairs and people are seriously dedicated to either one set or the other. I personally preferred the cement steps because they were steeper and more challenging (I even remember how many steps there were... 183). When I moved to SLC I was sad to lose the SaMo stairs but I quickly found some around Capitol Hill that sufficed (stairs are KILLER for your butt/hamstrings). Obviously, I needed to find a new set here.... and I did. Right off of Beacon Street. There is even a sign designating them as 'Summit Pass.' And they go on forever.
(Hooray! Stairs! In Boston! Let the leg-burning begin!)
When I got to the top, I was a little lost. The stairs spit you out into some neighborhood in Brookline and since you've just climbed a bunch, you have a pretty spectacular view of Boston from up there. Cool stuff. I meandered thru the neighborhoods at an easy clip until I wound up on Comm Ave and then it was about a mile or so home.
After a coffee and some cleaning, I'm nestled in on the 'Ian'... I think I better test out how it is for napping!
After a coffee and some cleaning, I'm nestled in on the 'Ian'... I think I better test out how it is for napping!
Garmin stats: 3.46 miles/30 minutes + stairs. Easy, breezy, beautiful.
OK...now that I know you have a Trader Joe's nearby...I guess I am coming to visit now. :) Still missing you! Erin
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