Joined a local running club for a 17 mile long run this morning. We left from the World Class gym in Reykyavik and ran to the course of a 100 km ultra that was occurring over a 5km stretch of trail. Runners ran out 5km, back 5km, out, back, over and over again. It also so happened that the organizers put the race on the windiest stretch in the entire city, according to the folks I was running with. Throw in rain, 45 degree temps, and you have a tough race. Most impressive part was that there were 20 racers in the 100km race...out of a city with a population of 300,000. That is a pretty high rate of ultra-ing.
Afterwards, my running buddies snuck me into their gym (evading a retinal scanner in the process). The gym was incredible, with full sauna facilities and a huge field of treadmills.
This afternoon, we are walking around downtown touring the historic buildings such as the city's cathedral (see below) and doing some shopping. Tomorrow: the blue lagoon and the international handball match between Iceland and Austria.
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