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PRE + Spfd (+Island Park addon) + Fairmount/Campus + PRE's rock

December 5, 2013 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 25F, chilly

Comments:
BUSY day at work: completely full day. Did some internet errands (but forgot, again, to do the UTWT form...but I honestly can't think of a place I *could* go in my schedule for 2014!), then finally got home and out for a run, just before 6.

Ran the usual loop, but instead of adding-on on the front end, I added on in the middle, running a half-mile past my normal loop-around to Island Park, then back.

I needed some speedwork, so I decided to do 1 minute on/off intervals "hard". Started once I got back into EUG. A few of them fell on hard uphills, and I actually wound up doing a double-interval up the hard, steep hill to PRE's rock. In all I did 12 intervals (11x1min, then the 2min), and I felt pretty good! I think these random intervals because:

- They're ambiguously-paced: some I'm not "married" to the speed or get worked up about how fast/slow I am
- They're variable terrain, so I have to practice accelerating and maintaining speed on ups/downs, curves, curbs, etc.

Felt good. Calves and legs, overall, much better today.

WAS going to run errands tonight, but again, I didn't get done 'til nearly 8, and I obviously wanted my Chels Tyme, so I made some dinner and talked to her for nearly an hour. B-) She's going to San Fran for NYE with her friends. Damn, it's gonna suck to not be with her over that period. Since she booked the flight today, I started looking at MSP-SFO flights over NY's. B-)

It was interesting, hearing her talk about last year's NYE that she spent with her friend, Chelsea ("Chelsea 2"). She told me about how the two of them had said that "2013 is gonna be our year", and "We have it all figured out": she with Jeff, Chelsea2 with her guy. We all know what happened with Jefe. Chelsea2 and her guy intended on getting engaged in early '13 and married on NYE, but they're in a messy break-up right now.

Chels laughed a bit, and I tried NOT to laugh *too hard*. My laughter was for two reasons:

1.) that she had things "figured out" with Jefe. She "figured things out", alright!
2.) how it mirrored the reflections and predictions that me and BGD had going into 2013, and how that turned out!

Very, very similar.

Really looking forward to seeing Chels in class tomorrow briefly, and then again on Saturday: she's got a sitter for a few hours, so we're going to go out to eat, then back to my place. Going to "Christmas-Up" the shit out of my place for her. It'll be great. B-)