Thursdays are supposed to be the ‘go-hard’ days if you are a serious athlete aren’t they? Maybe it’s Tuesday. Whatever. Today I did a run on what I have just decided shall be called the ‘Big Sperm Route’. Interestingly this terminology need not apply to a single route. You see, the main road through the University of Victoria (UVic) campus is a big circle, which is more formally known as Ring Road; anyone can make a ‘Big Sperm Route’ of their own by simply running an out-and-back from their abode to UVic that involves one or more laps of Ring Road. Of course as you’re running sperm doesn’t even remotely figure into the situation, but later on when you look at your route on a map, you’ll see that your running route resembles a big, no, gigantic sperm. I realize this is a little low-brow in nature; my apologies, I’ll try not to descend much past this sort of level with future blog posts.

So, it took a bit of mental effort to convince myself to go for the run, but it happened in the end. Although I was working pretty hard, and was looking forward to the very instant at the end of the run when I could stop running, I actually didn’t feel too bad. If I keep getting my butt out the door, maybe I’ll gradually start to feel even better, or at least go faster and further.

GPS Data: 7.6km – 0h39m – GPS Route

Today's 'Big Sperm Route' run to UVic in Victoria, BC. Click on the map to see detailed GPS data on the Garmin website.