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Running Co + Fairmount + Amazon/Rexius

June 28, 2008 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 70-80s, humid/hot!

Comments:
Woke up EARLY today. Last night, quite randomly, I volunteered to drive to Salem, OR, this morning to pick up [the one and only] Craig Virgin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Virgin) at the Red Lion Inn and drive him to an appearance at the Running Co. I figured since I'm up early every day, I might as well do it.

Woke up around 0500, after a few fitful hours' sleep, and got there at 0630. Craig was a really nice guy, but he was super-stressed the whole time. He was up late, too, and had this appearance to do. On top of that, he has some odd insurance dispute going on and literally spent 50 of our 60 minutes on the phone "debating" with his mom about these insurance forms. Odd. I wish we could've talked more (he DID break Pre's 10K record and, at one time, have the 2nd fastest 10K ever), but oh well.

Dropped him off and rather than do the group run, I took off on my own. It was quite hot and super humid for this run, which I started just after 0800. I had brutal heartburn at first so I ran from the store (where my car was -- full of Virgin's bags) to my apt to get a Tum's, then ran Fairmount + Amazon/Rexius.

While my heartburn went away, I got TERRIBLE GUT ROT from the aleves I'm trying to take for my knee. It wasn't so bad I had to stop, but it felt terrible. Despite that, I had a good run. I didn't even feel I was trying, but I still managed 6:30s on the wood chip. N'bad.

Ran back to my apt and laid on the floor for like an hour, my gut hurt so bad. I finally went to get my car -- which still had Virgin's shit in it -- and came back and made a bit of food, then took a nap.

At 1800 I went to Stef's and we drove out to the coast for our camp/bike adventure. Got jimmy'd out of a couple campsites because we got there so late, so we wound up in a little motel in Yachats, OR. Nice spot. Hit the hay early for the 0600 wake up.