run, run, run

Anaheim, CA 6:40 am

Pace: 7:39

Didn't run on Monday because we had to catch the 7:20 shuttle to Disneyland. Today we didn't go in until 9:20, so I was able to get a run in. I ran around Angel's Stadium and then along the Santa Ana River Trail. That is the ugliest river I've ever seen. The sides were paved and I was expecting to see some water, but it was dry.

Held a decent pace and got progressively faster each mile.

Anaheim, CA 8am

Pace: 7:27

I went the other way along the river trail. 12 miles at marathon pace. Not bad considering I spent the last two days on my feet for 12 hours straight. Such is life at the happiest place on earth.

Anaheim, CA 6:30am

Pace: 7:33

Last run in CA. I took yesterday off because we went back to the park. I went South down the river trail. At about the 4 mile mark, I approached an underpass and saw a shopping cart in the middle of the path with a homeless guy next to it. I didn't want to deal with him, so I went up and crossed the street. As I darted across the street, I hooked the iPod cord and it came off. So I'm standing on the other side of a busy street staring at my iPod in the middle of the road, expecting to see it destroyed any second now. When the traffic broke, I ran back across, scooping up the ipod along the way.

Other than that, the run was solid, but uneventful.

Ely, NV 8am

Pace: 7:57

6,600 feet elevation and windy. When I first went out, I realized that the wind was really cold, so I went in and put on another top layer. Then I got out and ran with the wind and got kind of hot. With the wind and downhill out, against the wind and uphill back. So it wasn't such a great run.

I read somewhere that Dean Karnazes can run and pee at the same time. I was on an empty road in the middle of nowhere, so I decided to give it a try. I'll just say it was a bad idea and leave it at that.