May 28 Central Park and East River

Tejas and I set out for a fun run on Wednesday evening. That's usually our thing when we go out. I want to run the target distance and Tejas just wants to take it easy and have fun walking and looking around. We manage to strike a compromise that we finish up my target distance first and then just head downtown to reward ourselves with a sumptuous meal.

We set out to Central Park at about 6 pm and headed to the reservoir, my favorite place in the park. The reservoir is a huge manmade water body that lies between 86th and 96th St. There is an asphalt running track around it measuring about 1.6 miles. It is the perfect running track, very kind to the knees.

We did 2.5 miles around the reservoir and then got out on the east side of the park and headed towards the East river. As we walked by the Met, Tejas was in awe of the structure, it was his first sight of the museum. Made a mental note to visit the Met more often.

We crossed over to the east side and ran along the track upto the Queensboro bridge E59th St. The track ended abruptly. It was a bit disappointing as we had originally planned to go all the way to the Village. We got back on to the street and walked to Sarvanaas on 26th and Lex. Sarvanaas belongs to the famous chain of South Indian restaurants from Chennai. Their 14 mini idly and kaima idly appetizers are deadly. So is their buttermilk and filter coffee. We devoured the food in no time and hopped on the subway back home.

Ran 3.5 miles, walked another 3 miles.