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The Long Walk

Last Sunday I went on a very long walk. I walked all of Yonge Street, from The End of Yonge Street to the start at Harbourfront.

What a beautiful morning and day that was.

I started my day at 4:30am. I did yoga, took a shower and had breakfast, and was ready to go at 6am.

I ordered an uber to get dropped of at The End of Yonge Street. I got picked up at 6:07am and got dropped off at 7am. The ride was about 61.8km.

I started the walk at 7:09am and walked 5.5hrs to a Harvey's at the intersection of Yonge St and King St. At Harvey's I had my lunch (a vegan burger with fries and a Pepsi drink) and met up with a group of 20 that was doing a similar walk, but the group had started their walk at Newmarket.

It was pleasant having long stretches of the street to myself early in the morning, and listening to the birds sing as they started their day.

Except for a small stretch (maybe ~5km total), the street had sidewalks.

I met someone from the group, Himani, who had recently moved to Canada from India and was trying to make new friends in the city. We talked about various interests and hobbies, about friendships and relationships, religion, family, and various software projects we've worked on or considered outside of work. It was nice having company throughout most of the walk - the interesting conversation we had made time and distance fly by.

The walk was very challenging especially towards the end, but, I did it!

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