Our engineering school held its 4th annual Pi run yesterday, because Pi Day falls on a weekend this year. My elder son, who is a PhD candidate in plasma physics, joined me. He decided to hang back with me for the first couple of miles, then took off for the finish.
I missed my goal of 30 minutes for the 3.14 miles, but at least beat 35 minutes with an official time of 34:57. The heart and lungs could very easily have handled a faster pace and/or another 5 kilometers, but 11-minute miles are about all my legs are good for without risk of damage. (Maybe this is why I prefer bicycling.
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To answer the key question for this group, yes they do serve pie at the end of the run.
The run was for a very worthy cause, the San Diego Science Alliance, of which I am a member and mentor for aspiring STEM (I prefer STEAM, since my wife is an oil painter and I am a music lover and amateur pianist) students.
Pi-Mile Run/Walk at UCSD, March 13, 2015 | San Diego Science Alliance