In keeping with my desire to introduce my cousin to all aspects of London life, this evening was the night for my cousin to experience running with my running club. "I'm not a runner!" she protested when I told her about the plan. Yet, I assured her that she would be fine, and gave her a map and directions of where to meet me for the run that evening.
She made it to the starting pub just fine, even though I had forgotten about the "toga" theme for the evening, given that it was the Ides of March. Yet some folks had some extra strips of cloth that they wrapped around me, so I ended up with a decent toga costume, despite not having planned on it at all!
At the designated time, we set out running, and got a really nice tour all over London with lots of stops and breaks (good for my non-running cousin). Overall, it was a really good late-night run through some lovely touristy areas (Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden, Horse Guards, etc.) I mean, isn't that how you're supposed to be a tourist? Running through those areas in the middle of the night?
Overall a good run, and then had some fun making my cousin go through the usual tradition of "down-downs" and being part of all of the group stories. Not a stellar evening for circulating and talking to people, which was a shame as I just got talking to Roofie's brother just as we were getting ready to leave. We also took a photo of the two of us to send out to all of our cousins, as it was so much fun just to be there together, going on our first hash run as cousins. Yet eventually it was late and I think my cousin isn't used to quite my late-night schedule in London, so it was time to take her home before she collapsed!
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