1:00pm McMinnville, OR 2Chronicles 9 - Ezra 7
Kym is Judging a speech and debate tournament at Linfield College so I came down with her for the weekend. Free hotel, hot tub, continental breakfast, peace and quiet :)
I went out for a nice run with no distance goals in mind, I just wanted to explore the area. It was 40° and sunny when I left the hotel. I ran around a great woodchip trail covered with a thick bed of leaves at Joe Dancer Park, then through town and out some nice quiet twisty roads. When I circled back towards the hotel I realized that I had been running with the wind at my back and some thick black clouds had been moving in behind me. Within a few minutes it was raining and hailing pretty hard and somehow I missed a turn that added several miles to my route. Eventually after asking someone for directions I found my way back into town and loitered inside the Les Schwab tire store feasting on free popcorn and hot coffee until I could feel all my fingers again.(Thanks Les!) I was only a couple miles away from the hotel at this point, but it was still hailing and when my new friend Ralph offered to give me a ride I couldn't say no.
Distance Split pace
1.00 8:00
2.00 8:05
3.00 8:07
4.00 8:31
5.00 8:17
6.00 8:10
7.00 8:04
8.00 8:15
9.00 8:43
10.00 8:17
11.00 8:10
12.00 8:23
13.00 8:24
14.00 8:42
14.22 8:57
Crisp leaves underfoot
Running free, daydreaming glee
Watch out for that root | 