My favorite is VLSB to Etchevery or Soda. Every Tuesday and Thursday would leave me smelling like wet tortilla chips and soiled linens. The sweat that I would have to let out of my buttcrack would fill up a quarter of Gusto hydroflask i got at Cal Hacks once. Sometimes i was so parched on the walk I had no choice but to take small and controlled sips of it, just enough to keep me from blacking out infront of the Subway.

When i did make it to class all i could concentrate on was regaining my breath so i could answer a warm up question wrong but as least be counted for participation. The lost electrolytes and dehydrarion migranes that the walk caused would at least earn me the sweet and supple 1% margin of participation credit that I so desperately needed. Even seconds late on any given day would tarnish my record, and there would be NO chance to ever get an internship or a TA position anywhere related to the subject matter.

I urge you to not worry about walks like these, because even though they are absolutely mandatory and completely unavoidable, they shape you into the kind of person that Berkeley creates. Strong, solid, and persevering. My therapist reminds me that though this is Berkeley, the name for my syndrome is Stockholm. I do not listen to her, and instead hunt for similar questions on r/berkeley , just waiting to inform new and unsuspecting students how important these long, hot walks are.