Go, you chicken fat, go away!

Yesterday Mike, Maggie, Glen, Vickie, and I all said we would be running this morning.  This morning Mike texted to say he couldn't make it.  A little after that Maggie texted to say she couldn't make it.  So Vickie and I hopped in our van to go pick up Glen.  We got to Usery and it was cloudy and dark.  But the city lights were lighting up the clouds.  It looked really cool and had me mesmerized the entire time.  Glen got a slight headstart on me and was off like a gazelle.  I caught Vickie right after the stop sign.  I was running slower than last week, no doubt because I ran almost 5 miles yesterday.  Maybe also because the road was wet and slick.  I never saw any cyclists while I was running, but I saw some later. 

I got a new reflective vest for Christmas.  My old one was like a construction worker's vest, and the zipper broke a couple of months ago.  I would still wear it and somehow it would stay on.  The new one is actually just straps that clip together in the front.  I think my belly is too round because it kept riding up and would fall off my right shoulder all the time.  Oh well.

Since I missed a few days this week, and I wanted to run at least 20 miles, I knew I needed to run an extra 0.1 miles after getting to the top.  Glen ran all the way down to the Usery Park entrance, which means he runs another 0.9 miles from the top.  I didn't see him when I turned around, but he must not have been too far behind me.  He caught me at about the 4.9 mile mark.  He ended up finishing just over a half mile ahead of me.  He likes to come back to the stop sign and wait for me, then run back to the parking lot with me.  I finished up and texted Vickie to see if she wanted to finish.  She did, so I walked to the stop sign.  Then I just kept walking until I met up with her.  We ran the last 0.4 miles together.  So I got 20.4 miles this week :)

Here's a picture I tried to take of the clouds using Night View from my camera.