It ain't Chinese algebra!

AM:5 miles around GP.

PM: 8 miles on the treadmill in Eugene.

AM: 7 miles in the bitter cold.  I did a horrible job packing for this trip and was severely under-dressed.  To top it off, the city of Eugene got snow through the night (as well as the morning while running) so I was cold, wet, and basically miserable.  But the running itself was good.  Ran to Amazon Park and did one lap on the trail, then to South Eugene HS for a few laps on the track.

PM: Under-dressed again.  Ugh.  It wasn't as bad as this morning because the snow/rain stopped mid-day, but I was cold.  Very cold.  Ran back to the HS track like this morning and ran 4 miles, then back to Cafe Yumm for dinner and finally back to the hotel.  10 miles total.

10 miles in Eugene before heading home and then I'm done with work until 2013! Bring it on.

3 miles in GP. Horrible run. I think I'm pretty tough when it comes to winter running, having gone to school at SUU and lived through those winters for 6 years or so. But this was something else entirely. It was raining/snowing/slushy and it was freezing. Part of the problem was not dressing appropriately, but it was like the cold of Cedar with the slushy rain of Wisconsin. I was drenched in minutes, couldn't feel my fingers and toes in less than 10 minutes and quitting after just a couple miles. I can't remember the last run I cut short for any reason, especially weather. So it goes...

AM: 14 miles this morning over fresh snow. I loved it. It wasn't all that old, it wasn't snowing while I ran, but the fresh layer from last night was fun to romp over all around town. Had to go a bit longer to make up for yesterday. Came home and built 5 snowman with the wife and kids and by then I was starving and freezing so I had to call it a day. Hot shower felt nice.

PM: 3 miles on a blue sky afternoon before picking Ryan up from his friends.

7 miles for a 'warm up' which is hard to do when it's in the 20's and raining sleet and snow. That's been a common theme this week. Hopefully next week it's a different story. Anyway, averaged around 7:20's when I hit the turnaround and it was a struggle to hit sub-6 on the way back. A headwind didn't help, but for some reason, I just didn't seem to have 'it' today. So it goes... Can't win them all. 9 mile tempo in 6:03 and more freezing temps, rain, snow blah blah blah. Glad to have this one done with so I could get out of the wet clothes and take a hot shower. Highest mileage in a while. 1 mile cool down.