18K Destination Run

Today Ron, Mel and I headed to Vancouver for our 18K run. We were very lucky with the weather. It was a sunny and warm fall day. I always get very excited when I have ahead a new route to discover. This time we decided to run on the scenic sea wall, from Jericho Beach to Science World and back. For those who don’t know (I was one of them until today), there is a trail that goes by the water all the way from Jericho to Science World. No stop lights, no cars, just a wide and scenic trail that takes you by several marines, and under the three bridges that connect Vancouver (Burrard, Granville and Cambie), until you get to Science World. Once we got there we hit the 9th kilometer so we looped back to the car.

The route was full of runners, walkers and bikers. This, plus the amazing view made our 18k feel like 10k.

Here are some picks. I wanted to take more but I am so bad at remembering to stop and take pictures. I just get myself lost in the beauty and forget that I actually should be recording it.

As every good destination run should finish, we ended up having a great vegan brunch at Bandidas Taqueria.

My Animal Lover Note: Yesterday, while running some errands in Vancouver, I saw a group of people walking with signs. Most of them were wearing t-shirts that said VEGAN on them, so I definitely had to stop and find out what was going on. It was the walk for farmed animals. These people were their voices. They wanted everyone to know how hard and horrible their lives are and all the suffering they have to endure, for the solely reason of satisfying a selfish human whim.