Thought I'd tell everyone a little about how it's going living in two places at once. Yeah, sounds confusing, and sometimes it really is but I can explain. I live in Bend, I have a house, a wife, and a dog. I also have a job...sort of. (I don't work much right now) But, I've been living in Eugene, training for the past year, about, and traveling home to Bend on the weekends to have "visits" with the wife. I've been living with the rest of OTC in our apartments. It's been strange to live on my own again, kinda feels like college all over again without the four hour PChem tests and term papers. Very nice but I feel totally lazy like I'm not getting anything done. I went from having an almost full time job (35h/w) and running 100 miles to just running 100 miles a week. At the same time I can't seem to figure out where the time goes, what on earth do I have to do, except run. Nothing, thats what, and nothing is exactly what I get done. My wife asks, "did you get the tranny fluid changes in the car?" I say "Hmm, nnnoooo, I didn't have time?" posing it as a question since I know she won't get why and really neither do I. She says "what on earth do you have to do?" I say " I have no idea but for some reason, I woke up, went to practice, came home, then all of a sudden it got dark and I still had to eat dinner." I have a theory that as I run my legs are so strong I push off and make the world turn faster. What do you think? Not quite proven yet, but I've designed some experiments. So, I get up, eat breakfast and read the paper, then I go to practice, come home and it's lunch time, by then it's one or two pm. And runners know, when you're injured you have 15 doctors, pt, chiro, and massage appts a week. So I go to an appt. I get back from that and I have to run, ride, or swim again. Get back from that and I have to feed myself. I'm cheap and I'm not feeding others so that means I cook a pot of something that resembles regurgitated baby food with a little rice thrown in. Mmm, Mmm. But it's good for me, right? Anyway, there goes my day. I don't get it. Where does my time go?

So far its going well, we'll see during XC and track this spring, but workouts are going well as long as I stay healthy. It's been difficult to be away from home so long. I miss the sunshine of Bend and the trails and the town and the people who will, for no good reason, accompany me on a 15hr hike, 50mile bike ride, or 20 mile run because that's what people in Bend do. And yes, of course I miss the wife too. That's probably the hardest part, that and the winter rains in Eugene. While it's cold during the winter, it rains in Eugene. Sure it's a bit warmer, but it rains and it's by no means warm. Bend is an incredible place to live and run. I can't think of a better place (even Boulder or Flagstaff) unless you could pick it up and all the trails and move it to somewhere warm all year. So yes, Bend is beautiful, come for a visit, please don't stay!