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Workout w/ Emma BX

May 7, 2020 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
Ran with Emma Benson-Xu ‘13 for the first time in a year and a half. She had a workout from some New York treadmill club she wanted to try, which required me to time our intervals while also providing entertaining conversation. Those of you who have had me time them for stretches, crunch progressions, pool workouts and fartleks know that I am incapable of doing these two things simultaneously. As a result some pickups may have been a liiiiiiiiiiiittle long but we survived somehow. Rock Creek Park was gorgeous. They were a ton of people out running, walking and riding bikes, but Beach Drive was still wide enough for us to stay socially distant from them and each other. As we came up Bingham drive I told Emma it was totally flat back to my house which is a outrageous lie. We came up Stephenson Street to the Gunthers’ block which is one of the cruelest hills in upper Northwest. She made it though, so I feel no guilt about my dishonesty which served a highly strategic purpose. Saw Benjy Ishimaru run by on Rittenhouse just before my house and then Mama Gunther walked by as we were stretching. Excellent day for a run and an even more excellent companion.