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<p>It's Thursday - and it's week four of my, "Returning to Running" quest - It started with GREAT intentions, but hasn't resulted with really anything to speak of.</p>
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<p>Monday - well, Monday is my German Class at night so I don't run on Monday nights - That being said, we had a great substitute instructor that night and I learned a great deal - she was vibrant; excited about teaching and taught the entire night "Auf Deutsch" - which is what I prefer - As a result, I came out much more motivated on getting better at German than before. (At least one good thing for the week to report!) - If you're in the Twin Cities, You really should check out the Germanic American Institute. What a great cultural resource!</p>
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<p>Anyway - on to Tuesday - I had to drive to SW Minnesota to meet one of my sales managers for his review and then we visited a customer. The day started good, and well - ended not bad for me. A great deal of snow melt, on the other hand - made it not so good for others. In fact, a sad story to report - a Minnesota DOT worker was lost when his backhoe was swept in the river while trying to clear a culvert - With the amount of snow we've had this year and the fast melt time, rivers are rising everywhere. As a result of that accident, they blocked my route home so I had to divert around the tragedy - I got home safely - but by the time you spend six hours traveling - there's no energy to run... Tuesday Bagged.</p>
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<p>Wednesday - well, the forecast for snow was supposed to be limited to just Northern Minnesota - with Duluth getting the brunt of the storm and the cities some rain mixed with snow - It seems Minnesota weathermen suck as much as other weathermen. Duluth got wind and we got 8 inches!!! My deck - finally empty and clear of snow since early November - is once again completed covered and packed with snow. It snowed until sundown so no run yesterday. Thankfully, my job affords me to the luxury to work from home - and it's a good thing because it was reported between 6 am and 9am yesterday - there were over 100 accidents on the roads in the Cities. Not only can they not predict the weather - Minnesotans can't drive in it either!</p>
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<p>So - that brings us to Thursday - no running all week and I really didn't want to run today - but thanks to the friendly jabbing of Chele (remember her?) and my brother - I laced them up and hit the bricks. The sun is shining though the temps are around 31 degrees. The roads are clear (hey - they can't drive in it but they DO get the roads cleaned fast!). Ronan and I went out and did the "hill that kicks my ass" route. It was only about a 2 mile run but it was a strong run. How fast? dunno - my Garmin 305 wasn't charged (darn it all!) but based on how I felt and the tempo - I'd say it was probably 10- 1030 pace.. Pretty good actually.</p>
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<p>The cold air did have me hacking pretty good by 2 miles - which is the main reason I stopped then instead of do the last .75 loop. It was a good run and I have it on the books now. I'll be able to run again tomorrow and probably the rest of the week. Temps are going back up and I'm hoping to see my deck by mid week!</p>
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<p>So - As the week goes - it sucked for total miles and effort -but you know, life has a way of getting in the way of running - the key, I think, is to not totally give up but just keep at it.</p>
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<p>Thanks Chele!</p>
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<p>Monday - well, Monday is my German Class at night so I don't run on Monday nights - That being said, we had a great substitute instructor that night and I learned a great deal - she was vibrant; excited about teaching and taught the entire night "Auf Deutsch" - which is what I prefer - As a result, I came out much more motivated on getting better at German than before. (At least one good thing for the week to report!) - If you're in the Twin Cities, You really should check out the Germanic American Institute. What a great cultural resource!</p>
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<p>Anyway - on to Tuesday - I had to drive to SW Minnesota to meet one of my sales managers for his review and then we visited a customer. The day started good, and well - ended not bad for me. A great deal of snow melt, on the other hand - made it not so good for others. In fact, a sad story to report - a Minnesota DOT worker was lost when his backhoe was swept in the river while trying to clear a culvert - With the amount of snow we've had this year and the fast melt time, rivers are rising everywhere. As a result of that accident, they blocked my route home so I had to divert around the tragedy - I got home safely - but by the time you spend six hours traveling - there's no energy to run... Tuesday Bagged.</p>
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<p>Wednesday - well, the forecast for snow was supposed to be limited to just Northern Minnesota - with Duluth getting the brunt of the storm and the cities some rain mixed with snow - It seems Minnesota weathermen suck as much as other weathermen. Duluth got wind and we got 8 inches!!! My deck - finally empty and clear of snow since early November - is once again completed covered and packed with snow. It snowed until sundown so no run yesterday. Thankfully, my job affords me to the luxury to work from home - and it's a good thing because it was reported between 6 am and 9am yesterday - there were over 100 accidents on the roads in the Cities. Not only can they not predict the weather - Minnesotans can't drive in it either!</p>
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<p>So - that brings us to Thursday - no running all week and I really didn't want to run today - but thanks to the friendly jabbing of Chele (remember her?) and my brother - I laced them up and hit the bricks. The sun is shining though the temps are around 31 degrees. The roads are clear (hey - they can't drive in it but they DO get the roads cleaned fast!). Ronan and I went out and did the "hill that kicks my ass" route. It was only about a 2 mile run but it was a strong run. How fast? dunno - my Garmin 305 wasn't charged (darn it all!) but based on how I felt and the tempo - I'd say it was probably 10- 1030 pace.. Pretty good actually.</p>
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<p>The cold air did have me hacking pretty good by 2 miles - which is the main reason I stopped then instead of do the last .75 loop. It was a good run and I have it on the books now. I'll be able to run again tomorrow and probably the rest of the week. Temps are going back up and I'm hoping to see my deck by mid week!</p>
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<p>So - As the week goes - it sucked for total miles and effort -but you know, life has a way of getting in the way of running - the key, I think, is to not totally give up but just keep at it.</p>
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<p>Thanks Chele!</p>
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