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Jernst! Rob! EKZ!

March 15, 2020 (Night)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
Went for an epic walk-run-run-walk in order to try to cram as many friends as possible into my short time in Boston. First met up with my Ph.D. school classmate Carolina for a walk in JP, then the endlessly energetic Julia Ernst (GDS '14) for a classic 2-hour Jernst-and-Simonson running adventure down the Emerald Necklace and around Franklin Park, then my high school teammate/bff Rob Savitsky (GDS '04) for a run along the Charles, and finally a 90-minute stroll around Daneahy Park and Fresh Pond in Cambridge with the charmingly cheerful Emilia Kaslow-Zieve (GDS '15). All told, I was out exercising from 12:20pm till 8pm including biking in between activities. Feels so good to be back and seeing my friends, even if from a safe distance. Maybe we walked together closer than we should have, but it probably helped that we weren't facing each other then. Social distancing is weird folks. My other best friend in Boston John Biersteker greeting me last night by tossing me my car keys from about 10 feet away. We then went for a walk along opposite edges of the sidewalk. I miss hugs.