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January 30, 2005
13 miles? 13 miles 
Well, I did the 13 miles, or something similar yesterday. The ganderman failed me again, and died at 4.37 miles. So I did it by time. I guesstimated a 20 minute/mile pace, which should take 4 hours, 20 minutes, so I went out til I hit 2:10, and then retraced my steps.
We went and drove it this morning, and I did 13.4 miles.
It wasn't great, but I finished. That's enough.
My legs feel pretty good, and my feet, 4 hours later, didn't feel too bad. But when I was walking, I was cursing the new shoes and my feet. I kept questioning if my feet felt this bad during the PFit season, why didn't I remember it? And why the hell was I doing this?
Anyways. It seemed kinda warm, except when the wind blew, and then it was bitter cold. I wore a skort, a shirt, my ORRC fleece vest, and the yellowjacket, and thank heavens for the yellowjacket. I feel like a giant yellow blob wearing it, but it really does cut the chill of the wind.
I decided to do a there and back from the house into NW Portland, passing by a national bagel chain and my credit union's ATM. I had woken up in the night with a craving for a bagel with lox.
I was enjoying taking mental notes: it's one mile to the hospital (I would have thought it was closer, and by car it's .5 miles); it's two miles to our favorite dim sum; two and a third miles to the technical bookstore and Byways Cafe; two and half miles to our favorite bistro, Holdens. There was more that I no longer remember.
As usual, I enjoyed noticing details: an expensive condo in the Pearl with its deck festooned with Tibetan prayer flags, a bit of repaired sidewalk that had very very small bits of tile, a concrete lawn lion who wore a necklace of lightbulbs, the retro renovated office spaces of Rejuvenation and Powells, and an industrial building that had a roof and interior rooms, but no external walls any longer.
On the way back, I stopped to get the bagel. I asked for it toasted, but once I got outside, I realized it hadn't been—and it was all gummy and icky. Damn.
Posted at January 30, 2005
Comments
It sounds like it was kind of fun..and that was the point, right? Except for the bagel:)
Posted by: susan at January 30, 2005 5:39 PM
Good job on the run VJ and boy oh boy does dim sum ever sound good right now!
Posted by: Mark at January 30, 2005 8:18 PM
13.4 miles! Fantastic. Farther than I've ever run. And there's that enticing list of food again, and its an hour and a half until lunch. :)
Posted by: Jon in Michigan at January 31, 2005 6:31 AM
Geez, VJ. I was all amazed I did 10 miles, and now, well, you definitely keep me striving for more! xoxo Mia
Posted by: Mia at January 31, 2005 7:13 AM