{"id":614,"date":"2008-04-05T18:12:46","date_gmt":"2008-04-06T01:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/04\/05\/half_busy_half_lazy.html"},"modified":"2008-06-02T20:06:26","modified_gmt":"2008-06-03T03:06:26","slug":"half_busy_half_lazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/04\/05\/half_busy_half_lazy.html","title":{"rendered":"Half busy, half lazy"},"content":{"rendered":"

We got more done this morning before noon than usually happens in an entire weekend: rose at 5:00, out the door to Agoura Hills at 5:30, in time for a 7:00 am half marathon<\/A>. It was a great race, about half on pavement and half on trails, with a couple of nasty uphills and some great downhills, as well. I had fun, even though the last two miles felt endless, and ended up coming in about a minute off my personal best for a purely road-race half marathon, which felt pretty good to me. It was a very well-managed race, with plentiful water stops, good food at the end, and the requisite band blasting classic rock covers at the finish line.

\"Echo<\/a>

\"Mini<\/a>


\nWe left Agoura Hills by 9:30 and headed back on the 101 to Echo Park, where we got back on track with our Walking L.A.<\/I> tours and walked (or rather hiked, as it was mostly stairs) Elysian Heights, which I used as a sort of a cool-down from the race. We enjoyed the views, marveled at the radically different architectural styles planted next to one another, and stopped at Delilah Bakery<\/A> for some delicious baked goods.

\"Echo<\/a>

We also made a stop at the Echo Park Time Travel Mart<\/A>, a successful visit after a few thwarted attempts. It’s still coming together, but they’ve got the mini-mart theme down, and have a wide range of items from all historical eras: British tea (made by British people, “The sun never sets on us!”), a full set of chain mail, a stack of Ricky Martin lunch boxes, some dinosaur eggs, and a variety of robot maintenance items. I got some Chubble, from the future; not sure what it is, but it’s apparently not to be used if the box is opened, so I’ll leave it as is.

\"Echo<\/a>

By the time we got home, it was only noon, so we zoned out and the afternoon sort of flew by. I’ve been keep up with the noir<\/I> festival at the Cinematheque, with screenings on Thursday and Friday night, and it’s as good as ever, lots of obscure films with great dialogue and impossibly bitter characters. More, please!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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