Well, I finally went for a run - first time since moving to the apartment. I took rue du Temple to the river then went the left along the bank road to the end of Paris Beach (Plage). It was good as the road is closed to traffic right now. They take everything down each night and were just setting it back up at 8am. It seems pretty involved, chairs and tables are all cleaned. Food and equipment is brought in. There is no one in the area except some runners, cyclists, roller bladers and the workers. Everything is bright, clean and quiet on Sunday morning. There's almost no one even on the islands (which are just packed in the night with parties). There was one group in an elevated swimming pool above the road that was doing sit ups it appeared (they set up a swimming pool for the beach)! The entire stretch of Paris Plage is about a mile or so.
I came back up from the river just behind the Louvre and headed back towards the Pompidou along St Honore. Not much going on, but there are an occasional bakery and Tabac shop open (mostly to sell breakfast rolls or beer to derelicts respectively). I went by the park near Les Halles - also mostly empty. It is a different perspective - as it is usually crazy busy when I'm coming home from work. Ended up walking about a quarter of the total time (mostly at the end) - far from prime running shape!
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