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10 Wednesday, February 11, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Running commentary By charlie Kanzig Correspondent While the people of Central Oregon are expe- riencing balmy weather, dubbing the last month as “Juneuary,” winter still has a hold on the Korean pen- insula, where I live. We have had a month of days in which the temperature sel- dom pushed out of the mid- 30s and just enough snow to keep everyone wary of icy spots when out running or walking. Normally, cold weather would not bother me one bit, but about 10 days into my New Year’s resolution of running more, I developed a muscle strain in my calf that simply refuses to leave me alone, forcing me to find other types of exercise until I can run again. The knot in my calf is so persis- tent, I have actually given it a name. I asked my wife to describe what it felt like when she tried to rub it out with massage. She said, “It’s sort of just a general lump.” So, now I refer to the knot as “General Lump.” My second-favorite form of exercise is biking, but the wind chill I would experi- ence right now makes that more than just a hypother- mic issue. Numb extremities aside, the hidden patches of ice on the paved bike paths take the joy and freedom of riding away. Where does that leave me? Thankfully our school has a very well-equipped fitness center that has free weights, stationary bikes, elliptical machines, and other devices designed to keep people strong and healthy. I should be glad to have this option, but to be honest, I feel like a gerbil on a wheel in a cage riding the stationary bike for an hour. Still, it truly is my only photo by Julie benson Yasha Saldi cracked the top 10 in the gS on Saturday. photo by Charlie KanziG a little snow along the trail shows who else is out early. real option since there is no swimming pool nearby, so I have tried to make the best of it by distracting myself during workouts to help the time go by quicker. Today, I listened to an entire episode of “A Prairie Home Companion” while cycling to nowhere. Garrison Keillor and his musical guests truly did help me enjoy the otherwise monoto- nous experience, so I will likely continue that practice via podcasts saved on my iPhone. I have done the same with TED Talks recently. If the injury lingers and I am relegated to the indoors, I will have to download a book or two. Perhaps if I find a really good one I will keep pedaling to finish just one more chapter. Another time at the fit- ness center, I talked on the phone with my daughter Erin, who is living in Detroit, Michigan, and preparing to hike the Pacific Crest Trail beginning in April. Since I hope to join her for a few days when she passes near Sisters this summer, I have told her that I need to lose more of my “frontpack” so that I can be more prepared to carry a backpack this sum- mer. She has become a good cheerleader for me to main- tain some form of exercise even if I can’t run. Despite sort of accepting the enclosed exercise, I still check the upcoming weather each morning, looking for the day when it is warm enough to ride my bike out- side so I don’t have to con- tinue the “pretend” biking indoors. The forecast this week shows highs around 45 degrees, so I may escape from drudgery soon. I expect that the folks in the Sisters area will still face some winter weather. I just hope it doesn’t come in June when I return. I guess that would be a “Juneuary” of the opposite sort than is happen- ing now. Either way, I sure hope General Lump doesn’t make the trip home with me. DAVIS TIRE 541-549-1026 541-549-3008 Carpets • Upholstery Windows Accepting VISA & MasterCard! Snow Removal! Member of the vetter vusiness vureau Serving Central Oregon Since 1980 vonded & Insured Frontiers In Science FREE SCIENCE PRESENTATION Powerful LED fl ashlight and COB work light in one. Magnetic base! Climate Change: Responses to Mountain Ecosystems STIHL Chainsaws Powerful & lightweight. NO-SPILL ® Gas Cans Push Button Control Flow Stops Automatically 188 W. Sisters Park Dr. In Sisters Industrial Park across from SnoCap Mini Storage Cleaning Specialists For… out of the seven teams com- peting in the league. On the girls team, junior Betsy Ausman placed 21st with a combined time of 1:41.03. Senior Emily Ausman finished 31st. The girls team did not place in the team standings since they did not have three racers finish. “It’s rough with a small team when half the kids are out sick. We could not prac- tice on snow this week due to weather and high winds, and it seems like the whole school is sick,” said Coach Greg Ausman. SLYDE™ Flashlight by NEBO ® Serving Sisters Since 1963 Gordon’s Last Touch It was a cold and snowy winter day at Mt. Bachelor for the fourth giant slalom race last Saturday, February 7. While many of the Sisters team members were out sick, the remaining Outlaws had strong performances from both the boys and girls teams. In the boys division, senior Yasha Saldi placed ninth overall, with a two-run com- bined time of 1:33.41. Jake Sahlberg, a junior, placed 27th this week. Freshman Lachlan Wood also had a strong finish, placing 34th. The boys team placed fifth LOVE = A MAN + HIS S TOOLS! TOOLS WE’RE NOT JUST TIRES! We do... 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