Le footing

I just went jogging or, as the french call it, "le footing". What I did may have been closer to footing than jogging as there was little pace involved. I call it a jog, because it justifies the jogging shoes and baseball cap, which in turn legitimise hanging about on the path by the beach, but really it's a mixture of 6 parts walking, 1 part shuffling (a proprietary, very slow, version of jogging). I've reconciled myself to the fact that I will probably never be a runner (I swim about as fast as I run - I think I need to be immersed in water to function properly, kind of like a chamois).

I took my camera today, partly to make sure I got a good photo for my Project365, and partly so I could make an annotated mymap on googlemaps, a toy I wanted to play with. It really is a stunning walk: from Coogee Beach to Bondi Beach, taking in 3 other beaches and 3 bays along the way. It's roughly 4.2m or 6.5km. And here is my masterpiece, with water bubblers and fav exercise point marked. I was hoping to have photos, but have been restricted to links - google and flickr don't seem to be getting along for now...

View Coogee to Bondi in a larger map

In the pictures, you can see what a stunning day it is. For the last week I've been pining for New York: I have to be here to beat my builders into action if I have any hopes of achieving #58 ("The demolisher-machine-thingy is tied up on another job until... forever..."). But Sydney put on a great show today and renewed my faith in its charms. The Brooklyn Bridge is fun to jog across, but this... this is special.

My "footing" even fits in with goal #48 - another beautiful track not far from home, that I hope to one day run non-stop.