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River Rd to Goodpasture + 3x VRC

December 6, 2013 (Night)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
Weird day. Woke up to 4" of snow, which is not unusual..but then it KEPT SNOWING. 99% of the time, it'll snow overnight, fuck up everything for a few hours, melt and be gone. Today? It just got worse!

Saw 3 out of 5 patients, then left right away to go to yoga. I wouldn't be seeing Chels tonight because it's a kiddo weekend and she had other stuff going on, so I went to class: hard hip sequences that burned!

Afterward I hung out when everyone left, just long enough to kiss her face a few times, then I took off.

I had a 2PM meeting with Jeff Hess, the head CC and distance coach at South EUG HS. Drove all the way from the studio in North Eugene to SEHS, got there right at 2, and checked my phone. He EMAILED to cancel it at 1:55! WTF!?! So...I left. Went to get my allergy shot. CLOSED. F! C'mon!

So...I drove home. Even that was an adventure. They CLOSED I-5 to all cars unless you had chains, so TONS of vehicles were going through downtown Eugene (old highway 99, the pre-interstate thoroughfare). Finally got home and said, "F this!" to driving.

Suited up into running stuff and went for it. I wanted 100 miles this week, but through four days, I was only at 45. So I would need 15-15-25 to get it done! Crap.

But I was determined. Took off from the house to find that the river paths were TERRIBLE, but the roads and smaller, more traveled sidewalks were OK. So I ran over to Ninkasi area, then traveled NW up to River Road.

I had an errand: get measured for a tux for my cousin's wedding. So I ran a roundabout route to get to the mall and Men's Wearhouse. By the time I got there I'd run 65 min, and it was sunset. Got my measures quick, then left, having to run nearly another hour.

As I was running along, I realized: the mall parking lot is awesome! So...I kept running! Around the entire lot, including all out-buildings, turned out to be nearly 1.5 miles (12min), so there I went, around and around three times 'til I got 1:48 on the watch, then I struggled on the river path back to the apt. The Salomon Speedcross were MONEY in the snow! Great grip! It was a non-issue on compressed snow out there.

Did't get home and cleaned up 'til after 7. Ate some grub, then had 8PM chat with Chelsea. After that? I was determined to get some shit done. The roads were devoid of cars, so I put the Tacoma in 4WD and hit up some stores: WalMart (reluctantly), then WinCo.

I've got a date with Chels tomorrow night and she's going to come over, so I'm going to totZ Christmas-up my apartment! Got a bunch of lights at WalMart, and got a mini-tree at a place outside the studio in the afternoon. Did the grocery shopping and was home by 10:30!