I meant to get up early yesterday and run before Leslie picked me up to go to the airport - but I lost my motivation while laying in bed - and didn't. Shortly after Leslie dropped me at the airport, I found out my connecting flight from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia was cancelled. They were predicting 6 inches of snow in Savannah and recommended I go home and try again on Saturday - but the weather was not looking good then. I took my chances and flew to Atlanta. It was just barely starting to snow, but all flights the rest of the day were cancelled or soon to be. I decided to rent a car - highway robbery for one way rentals. The cheapest place I could find was over $250 with discounts, some were over $400. What should have been a 4 hour drive took 6.5 hours. Never a break in the snow and lots of accidents all over the place. Today we did some shopping and then I mixed up a bunch of bread. I took off on a run and my grandkids followed after trying to catch me on their bikes. They finally caught me 4 1/2 miles later shortly before the Walmart we were heading to. We got separated and I ended up running home and they hung in the shopping center for a while. Ran along a pretty highway - swamplands on every side. We passed over the Okeechokee River (or something like that). A lot of the way I could run on a grassy shoulder. It was cool out - but all the snow had melted from the day before and a lot of the time it was sunny. Total of 11 miles round trip. Much easier running without the effects of altitude.
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