July 3rd- 4 Miles
Mile 1: The Aztecs!
This park is a hidden gem. You walk up a few (million) stairs. BUT THEN, you arrive to the top and immediately arrive to this beautiful aztec inspired building.
I must not give you all the good details THIS EARLY in the blog. Therefore you will just have to force your eyeballs to continue to the end.
Now, I know I put a lot of hype to the sunset of this park but there is actually a part of it that is much better. Five minutes into my run through the Aztec park I spotted a balcony. I got closer... then closer... and in an instant I was looking at the entire city of Madrid.
LOOK BELOW. JUST LOOK. ITS SO PRETTY!
To the left is the Royal Palace (featured in my first post that I am sure you all read). You are not suppose to stop during training and the run should be a consistent pace. I absolutely broke that rule to take in this landscape.
Mile 2: Follow the Yellow Grey Brick Road
Mile 2 started on a quant little road with trees lined up on both sides. I took that road down for a mile, it felt like it was never going to end! On that path I was able to pinpoint some new routes I could take for my next run. There was a new path everywhere I looked! I obviously didn't take them because they were all uphill and I was not in the mood to climb mount everest. Which is an incredible exaggeration because a 90 year old women was walking up with her groceries and made me look like a lazy asshole.
This mile was a breeze... why? BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY DOGS. DOGS ON DOGS ON DOGS ON DOGS.
MADRID HAS SO MANY DOGS
If I had a euro for how many pugs I have seen so far I would have enough money to buy eight pugs and then fly them back to Chicago with me in my own private jet.
I couldn't take a picture while I was running because their owners kept staring at me. That could have been for a few reasons:
- NO ONE RUNS HERE. (because they don't eat- they have a "light" breakfast and don't eat dinner till 9pm and walk everywhere. God bless McDonalds for providing sausage McGriddles in all areas of the world.)
- They just stare to stare.
- I was in fact wearing a Jonas Brothers shirt circa 2008.
So instead, enjoy this picture I took with Pedro the bulldog at 3am. It's Angels spanish boyfriend. They now have a beautiful long distance relationship.
Mile 3: A Statue
I couldn't tell you this statues purpose or what it was called or really what it even was... so enjoy this picture and ponder on all those questions.
Mile 4: Paparazzi
As promised from mile 1 I must now inform you of the sunset. As I mentioned, I ran pretty late in the afternoon/evening (I dont even know how to categorize the time here because the sun never goes away.) Around 9:15 I ended back from where I started, the Aztec Park.
At this point I found out that someone leaked the information on my whereabouts and the paparazzi were all lined up waiting to take pictures of me.
Like I thought I was only a thing in America but I guess I am an international celebrity now.
JUST KIDDING
This is crazy. All of these people were lined up to take a picture of the sunset! They all had professional cameras and everything. They had a countdown going. It was unreal.
I obviously used my spanglish to ask what they were all waiting for. This is how that conversation went.
Me: "Porque estas waiting aqui?"
Spanish man: "I aspeak English."
He obviously was just intimidated by my amazing Spanish.
So I waiting for the sunset while stretching and snapped a few pics of my own and went back to my apartamento.
Thats all for today folks. XO
I forgot to stop the watch at 4....
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