12/4 Pittsburgh Schenley Park Run 6.7 miles
I was in Pittsburgh visiting my father who moved to a temporary/transitional assisted living a few days before. I stay with my mother-in-law who lives a little over a mile from the park. The run also goes through Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). I enjoyed the trail and hills. On the way back, I saw an interesting pedestrian bridge to a new computer building, The Gates Center. I ran over to check it out. It was the Randy Pausch Memorial Footbridge. http://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture/bridge.html Randy, a CMU computer science professor became famous after he got cancer. He recorder the Last Lecture, on his philosophy of life. It's on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
Nathan was very fond of Randy. Randy's untimely death is a reminder of Nathan's. Both very intelligent and both in computer science. I remember vising CMU's CS department on a college visit with Nathan, the day that Randy died. I walked over the bridge and was lost in my thoughts about Nathan.
12/3 Bagel run: 8 miles. Average pace 11:08. I ran with some old (also old in age) friends. They ran slower than my typical. But it's good to be with friends.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/133188207
11/29 4.6 mile morning run. This was fast for me: 9:48 average pace.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/133188214
1 comment:
Mitchell --- what a fabulous post! Loved the link to the bridge and its web site explanations. Also love the You Tube link to the Last Lecture. I started it for 3 minutes and it looks amazing. Will complete it this evening. Your run was a beautiful way to remember and honor Nathan.
Bill
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