The past few years for Valentine's Day, I led a group run that spells out something related to that over-commercialized event. The first year it was "LOVE", the following it was also "LOVE" but packed into a neat little square, in the style of that famous Robert Indiana sculpture. Last year, it was "I {heart} U", where the heart symbol was where the {heart} is. A Facebook memory reminded me, belatedly, that this year it should be "xoxo". I said "belatedly" because I totally forgot about it and already designed the route to spell "amore", the Italian word for love. It could have been the Spanish word "amor" but because of that Dean Martin song I went with "amore". The little pun about "a moray" (eel) and "amore" is one of my favorites, so "amore" it is.
The route makes no use of any special skill with pausing and unpausing of GPS watch or smartphone app. I am tempted to throw in one, though, to make the top of the "r" better show the arch at the top of that letter. It'll be an optional thing. If you don't do it, the letter still looks like an "r".
9:30 A.M. Saturday 15 February 2020
Bartel-Pritchard Square
Brooklyn, NY
We'll walk to the green dot on the "a", without activating watch or smartphone app, then start from there. Event is open to the public, so do come if you are in the neighborhood. I'll be on the traffic circle of Bartel-Pritchard a little before 9:30.
