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6x 3:00 on, 1:00 fartlelk

January 24, 2019 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: dark, not too cold, not raining

Comments:
Up early to get this run in before the "birthday surprise trip"!

We decided on 3:00 fartleks, which would be doable in the dark. CA led.

This was my first workout since November! So I just hung in there.

Jogged from the house, down to the bike path between Amazon and Rexius, then went north to SEHS, back down to Tugman Park and back.

It was pretty easy, but CA is still feeling weird and sluggish from her new meds. Distances-paces per 3:00:

0.42, 0.43, 0.46, 0.45, 0.45, 0.46

Pretty easy, but that's fine. Calves felt a little rocked. REALLY worked on pawback with the good posture.

Rest of the day: EVENTFUL!

* packed up and got in the van. I was a little stressed out because we didn't get to check in online
* drove a random way to the airport. I "faked out" CA like we were going to the coast, then turned north to EUG
* checked in -- and managed to do so without CA finding out our final destination!
* flew to Seattle...and picked up a rental car
* found a great brunch place in NW Seattle. Delicious!
* drove down to Pike Place Market and walked around
* back to the airport - MORE stress, because we were cutting close on time and traffic was bad
* returned the car, and went through security again...and AGAIN, managed to conceal the destination to CA!

Go to the S terminal and then I said, "OK, well which one do you think we are getting on?" Weirdly, even for 4:30 PM, there weren't many planes leaving there...but there was one to Sacramento!

But we walked past that one, and turned the corner to the gate to Frankfurt! It took a bit to sink in - and me showing her our boarding passes and passports, which I smuggled into my bag with me -- for her to realize that we were going to Germany!

Within minutes we were aboard the big 767: two window-ish seats, that eventually got upgraded to an exit row!

REALLY fun and exciting!

The flight went by "pretty fast":

* we chatted about the plan: going to see her bff Agata in Hamburg
* we ate "dinner' that I packed
* we watched some stuff on my laptop (The OC, Season 3 -- for some reason, that's all I had)
* then we changed clothes into "PJs" and tried to sleep. That didn't work too great for me. I tried, and slept a bit, but it was a little rough.

Fun day, and excited and hopeful for the weekend!