Post Layoff Fun

Welp, it finally happened. I finally got canned by Intel on Nov 12th. I survived several waves of layoffs so I’ll take it as a win, I guess. They also gave me a pretty decent severance so again, a win.

Me being me, I couldn’t just sit around. So I started running around. I’ve been having fun.

Nov 14th

I took a lil run out to Devil’s Peak Lookout. On the way back through town I hit Mis Tacones, an amazing queer/vegan mexican spot in Portland.

Time	Distance	Average Speed	Max Speed	Elevation Gain	Calories Burned
04:32:21 hours	15.66 mi.	15:31 min/mile	6:23 min/mile	4,363.52 ft.	3,056 kcal

Nov 15th

Nov 15th I did a lil fun Tillamook route. I ran into some hunters who were using the trail to hunt. I’m mildly sure this isn’t allowed. Tillamook closes gates for hunters so they can use the roads to hunt. The odd thing about this encounter was that I talked to them (Father and son) and told them that using the trail is kind of a no-no. What did this guy do? He waited until I said goodbye and then shot his rifle down the hillside. It’s pretty wild how I run into this kind of stuff year after year.

Time	Distance	Average Speed	Max Speed	Elevation Gain	Calories Burned
03:33:20 hours	12.36 mi.	15:51 min/mile	5:00 min/mile	4,222.44 ft.	2,352 kcal

Nov 16th

I finally ditched town and went camping. I decided to hoof it out to Smith Rock to get out of the moist stuff that was hitting Hillsboro. This was a very good idea. I enjoy the bend/redmond area during certain times of year, now being one of them. Bend also has a surprisingly great vegan food scene. There are two carts that I will pretty much always hit while I’m there, and they are Lively Up Yourself and Toasty They’re both so delicious. I believe Toasty has won a ton of awards for local food carts, vegan or not. Seriously, if you’re passing through the area you will not be disappointed with either of these options. Anyway, here’s the strava and photos. Some of the photos are also from the 17th.

Time	Distance	Average Speed	Max Speed	Elevation Gain	Calories Burned
02:20:46 hours	8.36 mi.	15:20 min/mile	5:42 min/mile	3,195.54 ft.	1,939 kcal

Nov 17th/18th

I ran around Smith again.

Time	Distance	Average Speed	Max Speed	Elevation Gain	Calories Burned
02:34:13 hours	10.10 mi.	14:19 min/mile	6:04 min/mile	2,270.34 ft.	1,783 kcal

On the 18th I decided to drive out to Juntura for a quick hot spring camp. I also did some laundry at some point. I was there until the 19th when I decided to head back to Hillsboro to resupply real quick.

Nov 20th

I had to spend all day on the 20th working on my Fiesta. I had a cooling component deteriorate, photos are below. Unfortunately, Ford doesn’t really do a good job of stocking this part so it ate up an entire day as I had to drive to 3 dealerships to find this thing.

Finally, after figuring out that part I decided to hoof it down to the North Umpqua on the night of the 20th. I hit up my “secret” spot to do some trail work and hit some hot springs.

Nov 21st

After waking up cold on the 21st I went for a run on the Wright segment of the North Umpqua. This usually means some trail work, which got done. Then I hit the hot springs and did a wonderful cold dip in the river.

Time	Distance	Average Speed	Max Speed	Elevation Gain	Calories Burned
02:10:09 hours	9.15 mi.	12:50 min/mile	6:25 min/mile	1,335.30 ft.	1,681 kcal

Nov 22nd

I decided to go back out towards Bend. I drove by Thielsen, then turned around and ran around for a bit.

Time	Distance	Average Speed	Max Speed	Elevation Gain	Calories Burned
01:46:03 hours	7.31 mi.	13:44 min/mile	5:40 min/mile	1,978.35 ft.	1,306 kcal

Nov 23rd

I ran around Smith again for a bit. My run went a bit long and I had to use my headlamp which I don’t mind. My watch also died so add like 2-3 miles to this run distance.