car

My car has been in the body shop for almost a month.  We've got a guy painting my car for very cheap on a side job so we're sort of at his mercy.  He first said it should be ready by the end of May, then he said this Thursday.  Now it's been pushed to Saturday or Sunday.  I had been using alternately my boss's 3/4 ton Chevy 4 door truck and his Jeep, both gas hogs.  Yesterday when I found out that my car wouldn't be ready till the weekend I told Misty that I'd really like to get a loaner from her work.  She said I could just take her to work this morning and drive her car and she'd bring home the loaner this evening.

So, as not to put anybody out I decided I'd just run home from work yesterday.  I got on Google Maps and it looked like it was going to be around 8 miles or less.  I went up Balcones Dr/ Mopac access road across Mopac at Farwest and took the sidewalk down to Shoal Creek.  I headed north from there all the way to 183.  I turned left and took the turnaround under 183 and saw a trail that took me parallel to Mopac for a bit and then onto Neils-Thompson the back way.  Then over to Longhorn and on to Burnet Rd north.  Things got a little tight on parts of the south bound side of Burnet but I made it.  Even with my fairly direct short cuts it ended up being a bit over 9 miles in 1:44.  Pretty darn happy with that considering my left knee and left hip were hurting and the neuroma on my right foot was flaring up too!!