4th Leg: Sellwood-Moreland to Woodstock Library

Date of run: January 17, 2014
Time of run: 2:30 pm
Temp: 41 degrees F
Conditions: Cool and dry, 86% humidity, winds 5 mph
Distance: 2.5 miles each way (5 miles total)

After last week's long and hilly slog, I thought this one would be easy. But not so fast: Sprained my ankle mid-week playing basketball and it was rather painful to break into a run. So in spite of the fairly flat terrain, I had to split running slowly with walking, as I just couldn't push off with my "bad wheel." On the bright side, however, the fact that I could run at all was a huge victory, since the ankle was pretty badly swollen on Wednesday night.

I started this run by parking on the street right next to the Sellwood-Moreland Library, then trotting up 13th toward Bybee, and it was a pretty straight shot from there to the Woodstock Branch.



The trip went fairly uneventfully, running along nice sidewalks almost the whole 2-1/2 miles, and I arrived at the relatively modern-looking, smallish Woodstock Library.



Didn't take long to find the CD racks; they were right near the entrance. (I like this place!) I picked up the first one that caught my eye, Fun's first album Aim & Ignite. I've heard a lot about this band, but (amazingly) have never heard this one. Also snagged the debut album by Montreal shoegaze band, Braids. It was the artwork that got me on this one (hard to see in the pic but the cover looks shiny metallic).



As for last week's album, The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979 Post Disco Crash, by electronica/cut&paste sound artist Jason Forrest (aka DJ Donna Summer), was really (speaking of) fun! Almost all of the album was composed of musical bites of classic rock songs from the 70s, including The Cars, Creedence Clearwater Revival (in the same song!), Styx, Elton John, and my favorite from this album, The Who ("Who Are You"). I think it works pretty well. Click the link and tell me what you think:

Song: "10 Amazing Years"

One last thing that was fun: I ran past a "cereal bar" on the way back. Had to order a bowl and give it a try. Went well with coffee!