Inner Loop Sundays Begin in the River City!

"No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning."~Cyril Connolly

Weather Report: Mostly Cloudy, 59°F, 75% Humidity, Winds: From NW @ 4 mph; feels like 59°F.

The River City (Rochester) government will be trying something new on Sundays in July by "shutting down" the Inner Loop and opening the space created for running,
biking, walking, roller blading... whatever. (For those who don't know, the "Inner Loop" is a four lane expressway of sorts which runs around the "inner" city--as pictured in the image to the right.) This entails the closing of eastbound and westbound lanes of the Inner Loop around downtown Rochester.

The City will close the Inner Loop the following Sundays in July, from 8:00am - 2:00pm: July 1, 15, 22, 29, the kick-off of the "series" was this morning and included a run of the Loop by our mayor, Robert Duffy, who has become something of a "regular" at local runs.

Although my having run in the Furry Scurry 10k yesterday limited my ability to run this morning on the Inner Loop, Anne and I did go down, walk around and take some pictures. Where possible, I've used quotes with a theme around cities and comunties as captions for each:

"On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers."~Adlai E. Stevenson

"I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighbourhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets."~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By the fairly large number of people we met walking, and especially bicycling, this morning it would seem that the event was a success, and both Anne and I look forward to returning in two weeks with our bicycles and meeting more of our neighbors.

Breathe in, breathe out... YOU AND I ARE ALIVE!