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Run Report: 12 Mile Pittock Run

By Colleen @colleenalicia · On November 24, 2018

It just occurred to me that I’ve been running a lot lately, and not blogging at all. I couldn’t possibly catch you up on all the running I’ve done, but I can write a very short post about my run today. Specifically, what I thought about while I ran.

Course: My house to Pittock Mansion and back home again (via SW trails and the Wildwood).
Distance: 12 miles
Weather: Cool and foggy

Select thoughts from my head while I ran:

  1. Why is that bird just sitting there in those leaves? Why is its wing all weird looking? Is it injured? Should I catch it and nurse it to health? How would I do that? Should I find a rock and bash its head in to end its suffering?
  2. How badass is it that I can run all the way to Pittock Mansion from my house?
  3. This fog is making the forest look insane, I should take a picture. Holy crap, this is an awesome picture. I really wish people didn’t post beautiful pictures of the trees in Forest Park covered in fog all the time so I could feel like this one was special. I’m going to post it anyway.

I also wore my brand new On Cloudflows today, after officially wearing out my first pair. My feet were hurting when I ran more than a couple of miles, and I wasn’t sure if it was the increase in mileage or my old shoes that was doing it. I think it was both.

And, for old time’s sake:
Miles ran this week: 21.3
Miles ran in 2018: 320

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I must confess, I started running at a very early age. Sadly, my runs were unblogumented until around age 23, so you'll have to use your imagination for all the runs I went on before that. Running has always been my go-to sport, but sadly, I spend a good amount of my time with chronic injuries. I have learned to entertain myself athletically with other pursuits such as kettlebell, yoga, and bikini competitions, when I can't run. In addition to my unique talent for working out and then blogging about it, I am an amateur puppy stylist and photographer, television enthusiast, and I'm usually CPR/AED certified, but I would still prefer if you didn't pass out when we're together.

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I’m Colleen. I started this blog when I was 23 years old and training for my first marathon. I was single, semi-employed, generally directionless in life, and had a lot of free time on my hands. I have a lot less free time now, but I still love to come here and dump my rambling, unedited thoughts after a workout or race once in a while.

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