Running in Seattle

In searching the web for Seattle running routes, the Gas Works Park was highly rated. I have no idea why. If you travel to Seattle and have to choose between jogging this landmark or drowning yourself in the cold bay, just jump in the water.
The park is by the water (convenient should you take my advice) near the University of Washington. I drove past the Huskies’ Stadium on the way and it’s a shithole, cramped with no parking and uncomfortable seating. Drive on past the campus for about a mile and you reach the park. The Gas Works is a rusted monstrosity of industrial importance, celebrated as the location where unnatural gas was manufactured. My dog can accomplish the same feat without the theatrics or signage, and he’s far more attractive to behold.
It took a minute to figure out that the running route is a paved path split into bike and pedestrian lanes. You have to pay more than a little attention as the lanes switch periodically. In normal circumstances that would have been annoying, but on this day it was the most interesting part of the endeavor. Most of the route is behind buildings, past loading docks, down side roads, and pretty much anywhere but beside the water. There is a half mile stretch along the canal which was fair, and I enjoyed running beneath the bridges, where green grass and small shrubs have been planted beside the waterfront.
After 3 miles, I surrendered and backtracked to the parking lot, where I bathed with web wipes to kill my odor and changed into my travel clothes for the red-eye home to Tampa and my princesses.