quasify

For this week’s long run I added a southern loop through the Outer Sunset to my normal route. From the map I decided the Sunset Reservoir would be a good landmark but that was before I knew that it was on the top of a honkin’ big hill and it’s looks like this. Scenic! Actually the view is quite panoramic from up there if you can look past the acres of concrete.

Apparently it was recently retrofit to resist a 7.9 San Andreas earthquake. I think I’d feel somewhat uncomfortable living downhill from 90,000,000 gallons of water.

Workers sunk 4,200 concrete beams into the earth down to bedrock. Howard Fung, regional project manager, said analyses had shown the ground on the bottom side of the reservoir would be likely to liquefy in the case of a large quake, and the reservoir could collapse.

The new route prompts an unanswered question – are Noriega and Ortega streets named after Manuel and Daniel?

My Youth Run4Fun fundraiser didn’t make much of any progress this week, still stuck at 34% of my $250 goal. Here’s my mileage – as expected a little short, thanks Red Sox. At least they didn’t get swept.

PS! Check back tomorrow for my Boston Marathon Pirate live-blog…