Yesterday morning, I decided to turn left towards Old Northern Road instead of right towards Coolong. I ran along Old Northern Road passing places I normally see while on the bus to and from work. When I got to my logical half-way mark (after the third Joyful Mystery), I turned back and headed home.
I looked across the road at the street sign.
'Cook St.' I said to myself, 'I should ask Ardi to check how far that is from our place so I have an idea of how far I ran today.'
Later in the day, I mentioned to the kids that I didn't go my usual route and that I had ran all the way up to Cook St.
Ardi was his usual teasing self. "Where is that, Mom? I don't know a Cook St. The only Cook St. I know is in Sydney. You ran to Sydney, Mom?"
"It is after Tafe but before Stockland," I said, trying to provide some sort of bearing on its location. "Just check the map, Ardi. I can show it to you." But we never did get to check the map.
This morning, we went to mass at Our Lady of Lourdes. So instead of turning left at Old Northern Road, we turned right towards Baulkham Hills. As we were driving, I announced, "This is where I ran yesterday ... up to Cook St."
They were 'amazed.'
I was looking for the street sign.
"I ran up to here," I added as we passed Cross St., still looking for the street sign saying Cook St.
As the car continued along the road, we reached Stockland and I still hadn't seen the street sign saying Cook St.
"Oh, I ran up to Cross St. not Cook St." I admitted. "Cook St. is farther down towards M2. I see it on my way to office. SORRY, I didn't have my glasses. I don't wear my glasses when I run."
Poppop couldn't resist but tease me. "Oh, you ran up to Cross, huh? Kerrs pala."
"Oh that is SO MEAN. Dad"
Everyone in the car laughed.
If you check out the map below, Kerrs Road is the first corner after Church Street, very near the starting point marked "A."
Based on this google map snapshot, my (2 minute by car) route is about 1.9 km one way. Not too bad for a newbie runner like me.
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