The putrid pond

I can't believe how warm it has got here again. It is almost the middle of November and it is still in the high 70's! Pretty fantastic, except for the fact that I have been bundling up all nice and warm for my early morning jogs. It is so hard to tell. Sometimes it really IS cold first thing, but today I nearly passed out from heat stroke, which did not come from the sun. :-)

This week the Council cleared out the pond that I use to run circles around. Oh my god. I thought I was going to gag! A putrid smell wafted out of the pond. Well, I guess it does contain stagnant water for, like, a year, but I figured they must surely put some chlorine in it every now and then, you'd think? Obviously, whatever they do is NOT enough!!!

Yesterday I managed two rounds of the empty concrete pit without puking, before cutting my losses and quietly bidding goodbye to the "pond". I re-routed my run to the streets.

I noticed this morning that they are starting to fill it up again. Hopefully they have cleaned the bottom thoroughly...