Paris, at 6.5 miles per hour
Ran my first run on Wednesday night, around 7.30pm. Ran out the door, down Rue Sebastopol, turned right at Rue de Rivoli (near the Hotel de Ville), cut past Chatelet down to Pont Neuf, ran along the Seine past the Louvre, Tuilleries, Musee D'Orsay, to Concorde where Napoleon put the Obelisk he retreived from Egypt, then returned along the Left Bank. About 3 miles.
Pas du frenchmen! It must be illegal or something. At the height of the evening, nobody out there. Actually two guys along the whole route. Both looked very surprised to see me as I sailed past them.
The air's not very clean, actually. You don't notice it walking around. All those little mopeds and little cars may be fuel efficient but they're not very clean. Maybe it was rush hour. I'll try one of these mornings around 8.30am. There's literally nobody out there at 8.30am. The frenchman also likes to sleep in.
Posted by amol at June 14, 2002 11:05 PM