New Record

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Last night I bested last year's Islington hike by 10km -- a total of 32.75km, over a walk that started at noon and ended 12 hours later.

Originally I was just supposed to meet up with Pylon for a little event in Liberty Village (an event involving the consumption of DELICIOUS CUPCAKES), but after a whole lotta butter and sugar and a quick brunch at the Brazen Head, I was back on the street heading Westwards.

I wandered on and off Waterfront Trail, took Lakeshore all the way to Kipling, Kip up to Bloor, then Bloor West eastwards. Since I was passing through their neighbourhood, I texted up two of my favouritest ladies in the whole wide world to join me for a pint at Bryden's.

Afterwards I wandered a bit further east, foraging for fast foods. Eventually got on the subway at High Park.

32.75km

ugh...

Rain, work, and discourteous frisbee opponents have left me far behind schedule.

Squeezed in ~18k last night, and a very rough map just now:

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EDIT: added a reasonable lunchtime walk: total for the day is ~20.45km!

YES.

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I think I'm all caught up again: 20km, baby. Not bad for a Sunday night.

Started out around 6ish, got home around 11. Even ran into Paul on Mt. Pleasant -- what are the odds of that?

Things of note:
- the parklands behind the Science Centre are pretty darned nice
- Mt. Pleasant is boring

Still need to put in the photos, probably easier for you to just check the album starting at the creepy doll, and stopping at the bag of grapes...

~20.21km

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It's Better Together

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Emailed Mihaela that afternoon to see if she felt like a catchup walk to Bryden's. Met up with her at the Eaton Centre and we tore those kms up in just over 2h. Although I was seriously considering doing the trip back as well, my feet, shins, a few orange peel lagers and a chicken pad thai were begging me to reconsider. We agreed upon walking the lady home and grabbing the streetcar. Snuck in another 2km when they weren't looking.

~16.85km for the walk, + 4km between work and home. Sweeet.

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Aww Yeah...

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...getting back on track! Two separate outings, one for food and movie, the other for music. ~15km, probably about 3.5 hours in all.

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