GR called ES from the ymca and asked her to come give him a ride home.
So to put it all together, based on what we know, here is my own hypothetical account of that morning:
-JR is killed either in the house or in the van.
-GR drives van to Pharsalia, dumps JR's body
-on the way back into town, throws the phone out the DRIVER's side window, across the road (where it does NOT hit a rock)
-Leaves van at the apartments
-EASY 1.1 mile run to the Y. Would only take about 10-15 mins (given his documented race results)
-is very cold due to not dressing for his unexpected run
-hangs out in the sauna with his trooper buddy
-Calls ES to have her drive him home
From JR being killed to GR getting to the Y, I estimate it would take at most an hour. Google Maps says from their house to Center Rd, to Apartments, to Y is about 45 minutes.
If GR returned to home from dropping off kids @ school, he'd be back by 8:30am at the latest? What time did he arrive at the Y?
This brings me to another question that just popped into my head: WHY did GR say he "wished he had gotten dressed so he would have went with her to Syracuse".....if he ALREADY had to be dressed in order to take the kids to school that day? I know I get dressed to take my kids to school.
Do I have that correct that he drove kids to school that day?
Also, in looking at google maps.....for where the body was way out in Pharsalia, and where the phone was left by Moon Hill Rd, I kept trying to find the apartments way out there too, and I couldnt find them. I kept scrolling down and finally found the apartments near town. This makes total sense. He knew he had to ditch the van, and probably wanted to ditch it far from town, but if he was too far out, that would be a tough run (since he wasn't dressed properly for a run). I can see why he would have brought the van back in closer to town so he could easily get to the Y.
Again, these are all my own opinion of the events, but it's very tough to see more reasonal possibilities, especially the getting dressed part. He had TONS of time to pull this off. Still waiting to hear the 'air-tight alibi' after 3 months.