Training Log Archive: AliC

Out to Powell Butte - started on Harold and 128th to do the last mile there running instead of driving. Allowed for a warm up before heading straight up the butte!

Did 4 butte ascents, on Hawthorne, Fernwood + Douglas Fir, something else and then Hawtorne trail again. Icy towards the top. On the one little trail I did 3rd, fell several times on the way down, just no tracking and a canted trail just trying to spill you downhill... One other runner, two dog walkers. Butte was wintery-windy at the top for sure.

C • Jealous 7

Standard 8mi of Springwater-Oaks Bottom, with a stop at QFC in Sellwood on the way home to pick up breakfast foods. So final 1.5 miles was cradling a pack of bagels and cream cheese. Chilly out, hands were fumbling-cold by the end.

Core

Boo! Zumba cancelled. Didn't feel like running, so roller skied. Leaf pickup day scheduled for Sat morning meant less road to play with than usual in Eastmoreland...

C • Skiing 1

Totally gross weather out and no lunch runners emailed that they'd also join for a noon run. A brief internal battle about weather I should go out and run in the sleet, but decided to be a tough cookie and just do it. Promised myself I got to sit in the sauna afterwards for as long as I wanted to. =) Same ~5 mi loop Eastmoreland-Springwater-Sellwood loop as Monday.

Picked up Mark V. from his hotel downtown, and straight-out to Mount Tabor for a short, hard, hilly, windy, chilly run. And most awesomely, starting from moment of pick up through lunch, got to hear all about Mark's really cool neat results on galaxy evolution. Very exciting stuff, so glad he was able to visit!!

No faculty meeting, no division meeting, means time for a Monday afternoon scamper! 5 mile Eastmoreland/Westmoreland loop. Pretty dark towards the end.