Finally dragged myself out of bed early enough on a Saturday to put in a longish run.\u00a0 Up before the sun and out the door by 6:40am, just in time to see the sun begin peaking over the horizon.\u00a0 Didn’t have a set route or goal, but wanted to put in at least an hour.\u00a0 So off I headed to campus letting the sun warm the 60 degree morning.\u00a0 Almost wanted a jacket for the first 3\/4 mile, but after that, the temp was just glorious.<\/p>\n
Had the roads to myself until I got fairly near campus where there were a couple brave souls stirring, getting the tailgating supplies out and cranking.\u00a0 Not too many folks, and surpirsing, didn’t see a single beer. Turned north at the end of the stadium, say the crew getting ready for the crowds, and then headed back toward home.\u00a0 As I neared the road home, I felt a few extra miles at least, so I turned north for a bit before heading into the neighborhood.\u00a0 Finished with 7.6 on the iPod, so probably more like 8 miles.\u00a0 The legs felt surprising great given I haven’t been over 5 miles in at least 5 months.<\/p>\n
Saturday we were surprised that the Cossatot was holding out very well, so we scheduled a rare warm weather run for Sunday.\u00a0 Got up bright and early to meet the crew at 5am.\u00a0 Loaded the truck and headed to Arkayakansas.\u00a0 Got to the put in 9:45 and were paddling by 10:20.\u00a0 Had a great run of the middle section, including a combat roll in the last drop of “the Esses”.\u00a0 Proceeded down to the falls for my first run on them.\u00a0 Made clean drops in Cossatosser, Eye-Opener and BMF.\u00a0 Had the line on Washing Machine, but ended up pointing too far right and nudged bowling ball rock which gave me a bit of kick back into the machine, so I was hard a paddling and went right into the rock which rolled me.\u00a0 Unfortunately I was unable to roll back up in the foamy washout and swam.\u00a0 Didn’t flush into Whiplash, but my boat did take the left sneak route before coming to rest on a rock feet away from the final drop. Picked the boat out and carried back up the hellish 1\/3 mile portage to the take out.<\/p>\n