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S. Willamette + Eula (Hardesty) + Sawtooth + Goodman (the Eula Constitutional)

October 31, 2014 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 50 or so, damp but nice

Comments:
Weird day: we have an in-service this afternoon at work, and ALL day Sat and Sun. I'd taken this day off for JJ100, but I kept it off so I could get a long run in, sometime this weekend.

Even with getting up early, I was under the gun: to drive to Hardesty, run, then get back by 1PM. I thought about doing a DOUBLE Constitutional (Hardesty - Sawtooth - Goodman = 36mi), but I didn't have time. So I thought the "Eula Constitutional" (23mi, 6K vert) would be a good compromise.

FORGOT the HRM, but I truly, TRULY kept it very, very easy.

The splits:
up Hardesty to S.Will TH - 7:25
S.Will to Eula TH - 49:11
Eula to Hardesty junct - 59:46
to Hardesty summit - 7:04
Sawtooth to Lost Ck - 28:41
Lost Ck to Road - 25:40
Road to Goodman - 20:22
Goodman Ck to Parking lot - 36:09
TOTAL - 3:53

The S.Will trail was fantastic - it's so enjoyable when brushed. Eula was...GOOD. It's CRAZY-steep, so the fact that I RAN every step was excellent (though, I'm sure, the HR was spiking). Kept it EEEEASY on all the flats and pushed none of the downs: on Sawtooth, down Lost Creek, and even on the road, where I have a tendency to push (18 is "hard" for this ~3mi, but I did 20:22). Then Goodman was simply phenomenal: not too muddy, with gorgeous fall colors!

It's interesting: I looked it up, and I was (subtracting the June summit) almost EXACTLY the same split for this run, as I did it 15 days before WS in '12. WOW. And I truly was not pushing the effort.

GREAT RUN. Felt very strong all-round and very form-focused.

Post-run: hustled home and back to work. Class was mostly lecture 'til 6 or so, then I jetted around town to get my "Bill Lumbergh" costume going.

Had a fun time at Ninkasi for their Halloween party. Thanks to Emily, both entry AND beers were free!

(Wore the orange N2 trail)