I wrote a piece for this blog site the day
Shannan and I traveled to Scotland. As noted in the post, we had a lay-over in
London’s Heathrow International Airport. My plan was to take a 40 minute run
from the airport. I went ahead and posted that piece last week. Here's the rest
of the story. We moved through customs and to our terminal to continue on to
Edinburgh. To my surprise and dismay, this was not the same terminal as we’ve
had previously. This, along with a handful of other issues hindered my planned
run out of the airport.
I figured “no problem,” I'll go for a run when
we arrive in Edinburgh. Again, we encountered a few obstacles. Though I was
none too pleased about it, we forged on to Saint Andrews. By the time we
arrived in our very quaint lodge, Shannan and I had been traveling for more
than fifteen (15) hours. This included a car ride to the airport, two planes,
two busses, and a taxi. As soon as we dropped our bags in our room at Rufflet's
I took off for the road.
What a delight. I ran through St. Andrew’s
University sporting fields, and along a nice thoroughfare into the city
center. Truthfully, I was never worried about The Streak, but I was
thrilled to get my daily exercise completed. The weather was chilly, windy and
drizzling, a good Scottish day. The whole thing was very enjoyable and well
worth the wait.
Plan. Run.
Tom
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