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Today, the Team D run in Phoenix is the New Times 10k, but being here in Oregon, I had to arrange my own. The weather today was relatively clear (meaning it was cloudy, but not raining), and by 2pm there was actually some blue-ish sky. I did a trail along the trail system on the Willamette River that runs past downtown Eugene, a great, wide trail, that winds along the banks of this big river, under canopies of trees just past their autumn prime season.

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I felt mostly good on the way some bursts of faster pace, some slower, trying to keep it an easy run. I feel sure if I was in the competitive mode at the New Times run, I might have had enough juice to bring my time under an hour, but as I was not really racing, I kept the pace easy.

There are tons, tons of trails of all kinds in this area, a lifetime of ones to explore, and since my lifetime here is only 2 days this time, I’ve got some good sampling done.