A Great Run

Last weekend, we had a small break and I went to St. Petersburg to visit my sister. On the last day of my trip, a large group of us met up at a park for a hash run. During this run, which lasts about 40 minutes, you run as a group, looking for trail markings that tell you which way to go, and yelling "on, on!" to anyone behind you so they know you're headed in the right direction.

You can imagine the facial expressions of the Russians we passed, who were leisurely strolling about on a fairly cold day, as we went tearing by screaming "ON, ON!!". Here are a few pictures of our journey. The forest was beautiful.

After the finish, we trekked back to "CitiBar", across the street from the American Consulate. A great place, they let us stow our gear there during the run, and had real eggs benedict waiting when we got back (I called ahead to see if we could place an order since I had to leave for the train station right after we got back). Food has never tasted so good.