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    It’s Spring It’s Blooming Flowers and Runners

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    Today was the first day of touring around London.  And I had the coolest thing happen. 

    I found out yesterday that there is going to be a marathon on Sunday.  I’m sad that I won’t be here to see it.  The Gazelle was sad too.  He thought I should sign up and do the 5 km race.  But I won’t be able to.  I’ll be on aplane, heading back home to Canada.

    Runner at St. Jame's Park
    Runner at St. Jame

    But back to the coolness.  I took a group tour.  We went to Kensington Palace park and there were joggers there.  We went to Hyde Park, as expected there were runners there.    We went to the Parliament buildings, there were runners there.

    Runner at the park at Kensington Palace
    Runner at the park at Kensington Palace

    We went to Buckingham Palace and there were runners there too!  How cool is that?  It reminded me of a similar phenomena at home

    Around the Bay in the week before the race.  Runners out getting in that last long run before the big day.

    What made it so cool for me was the fact that people seemed used to seeing people in the midst of tourist traps running.

    I promised that I would post some pictures from my trip.  I tried to get pictures of runners around the tourist areas.

    With any luck, someone will take a picture of me while I’m running near a tourist area too.  If not, I’ll still write about how amazing it is anyway and you can imagine how silly I look doing the 99 thump thing

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    A runner for almost two years, Terry recently had the mildly traumatic experience of trying to find a flattering pair of running pants (“Isn’t running about pushing personal boundaries and just getting out there and moving? Except when you don’t look in the least bit like Paula Radcliffe.”). But although she may have been a bit embarrassed by “helpful handsome guy” at the store, she keeps a great perspective through her running experiences. Pushing through a number of injuries early in her running career, she got right back to training for her next race. “The feeling of elation when I crossed the finish line is unimaginable,” says Terry. Sounds like she’s hooked for good!