My plan today was to do my interval run during my lunch break from work. The workout called for a 55 min run with 5X30 sec fast intervals. These interval workouts are designed to start getting us into the anaerobic zone for short periods of time. I went out onto the Esplanade and then onto the Springwater Corridor toward Oaks park. The intervals were hard, but I felt pretty strong while doing them. My trouble began when I was within 1/2 mile from being done! I ran up the ramp to cross back over the Hawthorne Bridge when I realized the bridge was up. Assuming it would be a short closure, I ran to the barricade and waited with everyone else. About 8 minutes into the wait the bridge section began to be lowered back down, but it stopped about a foot from the bottom so we were still stuck! At this point we witness a man in a bright orange suit repelling down from the viewing tower with what looked to me like an oversized oiling can! And he began squirting something from it into the joints of the bridge...at this rate, we were going to be there all night! So, I turned around and started running back toward the Esplanade thinking I would just take the Morrison Bridge back over the river. FOILED AGAIN, the pedestrian/bike ramp was closed for construction! So, onward to the Burnside Bridge...and up about 50 stairs to get to the top. BUT WAIT...a 6 ft tall barricade kept me from actually using the bridge to get across the river. So, I trudge back down the stairs, under the bridge and around the other side for a final decision point....1) Do I run up the 50 stairs on the other side of the Burnside Bridge and assume there is access?, 2) Do I run ahead to the Steel Bridge? (at this point my run has become about 1.5 miles longer than necessary), or 3) Do I take the opportunity for my first open water swim training and traverse the Willamette manually? What would you have done? What did I do?
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