My 2 Days in SB

Back to Santa Barbara.. Yes I was just there recently for 9 Trails.  It IS "only" 85 miles away from where I currently live…

My weekend started out with a dismal trail run on Saturday morning.  I was supposed to run a 10 mile loop near my house.  I couldn’t find my running gloves so that was a bad start.  It was cold.  Maybe 40 degrees.  I was using handheld bottles so couldn’t really cover up my fingers very well and they got cold fast (pretty much instantly).  It was not long before I started to wonder how far I’d make it.  I had to stop every few minutes just to try and warm up my hands.  This run starts in a canyon so even though the sun was starting to come up, there was no sun breaking through to warm me up where I was was.

I was also tired.  I think my run Thursday night took a lot out of me.  I should have figured that was the case if I was actually pushing speedy Kayla a couple times during our run.  In addition – I was alone.  This trail is very new to me and all the noises spooked me.  I head a noise a couple times that sounded like a rather large animal.  Could have been deer.  Could have been a lion. Who knows?  With NO ONE on the trail, getting progressively tired and feeling nearly frostbit in my finger I cut my run short and turned around at about the 2 mile mark.  Phooey.  I went back home with my  head hanging a little low but days like that happen.  I was not down too long before I had plans for the weekend!

I drove up to SB to Nickie’s place and go there around noon.  Most of the details from our couple days together are on my  other blog but I will say we had an amazing time.  Something like:

Italian Lunch
Visit the Courthouse Clock Tower
Walk around by the pier and harbor
Relax
Amazing sushi dinner
back home for a couple hours of poker
Sunday at the SB Zoo
Couple hours of pool playing at a dive bar
Mexican dinner.  Mmmm

That’s the abridged version.  I’ll looking forward to showing her around LA and OC a little bit this weekend before we both head away to visit our families for Christmas.

I do have pictures from this weekend I’ll be posting soon!

Happy Running & Dirty Feet,
Jessica