Sunday, 4-13-08 Run in Halifax

Halifax is small.
I learned this as I was running this morning. The hotel employees unanimously suggested that I run along the boardwalk. Sounded good to me because I had my camera and was ready for something to see. The weather was foggy and between 3 and 4 degrees C (not quite 40F).
I'd predetermined a run time of about an hour and a half because I had to eat breakfast and then had an airport shuttle to catch.
I ran for a little while, snapping a few pictures as I went, and then noticed I was entering the port authority area. I didn't worry because I was on a road and as long as I was on a road I was not going anywhere illegal. I started to see hard hat signs but disregarded them; there were high security fences and I could not get in that area. Finally I came to a dead end--I had to enter the port area or turn around. Since I was unprepared in the hard hat department I turned around. That little jaunt was only a mile or so and I had planned out my run strategy--run for 40+ minutes and then turn around. This was more like run for 20ish minutes and turn around. Oh well...there would be more the other way.
As I retraced my steps I did find more. I found lots of little shops I had not seen previously. Apparently they were closed too because I came upon Cows--one of my favorite Canadian ice cream stores. They had a big sign that said 'closed for the season, see mooooo in the spring'. Hmmm...I could have sworn that spring came in March. With it being mid-April I wonder when 'spring' comes? June?
Carrying on, I could see lots of sea urchins and sea stars in the water so I took pictures of them--not sure how well they'll come out because of the overcast conditions.
I reached a casino and then realized that I had again reached the end of the line. The only thing left to do was turn left and run a box around the city. I chose to just retrace my steps again, so back to the port authority it was. By the time I did that and returned to my starting point it had been a little over an hour. Not wanting to retrace any more steps I called it a day.
Now I'm headed down for breakfast and will await my ride to the airport where I will meet up with my Earthwatch comrades. We will then travel to our assignment!
More later...

Paige