In the summer of 2009, we moved to Austin from the California Bay area, where we lived for more than a quarter century. I'm writing this blog to explore the ways in which, and the extent to which, my sense of self depends on place, on the geographical tag that defines me when I newly say, "I'm from Texas."

Friday, May 21, 2010

A Run Around the Capitol

One of the nice things about living in a state capitol is that I can take a weekend run around a pretty magnificent state building. The Texas State Capitol is the biggest in the nation (read, my state capitol is bigger than yours, as Texans like to point out) and second only to the nation's capitol in square footage (but ours is higher, so there). At Christmas, we joined a carol-singing, tree-lighting evening ceremony on the capitol steps that was downright lovely. Anyway, this run is a perfect getting-ready-for-10k-races weekend run. It winds through our Hyde Park neighborhood, goes past our daughter's school, goes past the UT football stadium, circles the capitol, and brings it on home back through UT and some park-like areas. Mudpie, our dog, can do a five-mile version (skipping the capitol) when it is not so hot (i.e., before May).


Posted by at

2 comments:

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)