My Daily Commute: CBD Running Route

Today was the fourth day running home. The day starts by walking to the office at about 8:15AM, arriving 35 minutes later at the office. I get off work at 6PM to start my evening runs, arriving here at the flat at about 6:45PM.

I grabed a map at Wises to plot the route. Blue dots show my morning walk, the red dots my evening run home.


The morning walk starts with a gradual downhill along Symonds Street till a very steep foot path inside the Alten Reserve. A long uphill follows at aptly named Parnell Rise, which peaks just after our office (A). It's a good warm-up to start the day.

Evening runs are scenic. It starts at Parnel Road, immediately turning right into Auckland Domain(Parang Luneta or Rizal Park satin ba, pero much prettier-and cleaner!). The running paths here are lined by large, old trees, manicured grass and gardens. I ran up the museum once (the shield shaped figure in the park) to do stair drills and stretch. It's a good place to view the CBD sunset and the Sky Tower light up (Today it's blue and yellow). Next week I'll do speed drills sa rugby grounds (wag sana ako mapagkamalan at i-tackle bigla, nay ko pu!).

The route then leads to the Auckland Hospital (good to know its there :)), Grafton Bridge, then back to Symonds. When I get a camera, I'll take photos of my evening running route. Much better than Gamboa Carpark in Makati :).

I love running in the evenings, to let off steam after a stressful day. Beyond the stiffness (expected after not running at all for the last 5 months), everything's fine. I'm now more relaxed and sleep well at night. I don't know if I snore louder though (Kawawa naman ang flatmates, hehehe).