Monday 11.0 miles/1:31:33/8:19 average pace
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I was staying near the airport, but I drove up into Seattle to run around Green Lake. It was a beautiful day, maybe a little chilly with the wind, but no rain. I couldn't believe how many people were out running, walking, bicycling, and just hanging out at the park! I was dodging people the whole time but it was cool. There were many runners and most everyone was wearing a little green for St. Patrick's Day.
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I decided to switch my Monday and Wednesday workouts, so I did my medium-long run instead of speed intervals. It would have been hard to run the intervals on the busy path, plus I prefer to wheeze/heave/cry in the comfort of my own local running path. I measured the first loop around the lake at 2.75 miles, so I figured I would run 4 loops for a total of 11 miles. I had a strong pace from the beginning and the miles just flew by. I didn't have to stop for any drinks, to tie my shoes, anything. I was definitely on "cruise control." I picked it up in the last mile and was sorry the run was over! I took a few pictures with my camera (not cell phone) so I could show you how nice it was there. But first, my splits:
8:33, 8:30, 8:30, 8:29, 8:23, 8:25, 8:28, 8:22, 8:15, 8:13, 7:23
I took this last picture looking East as my flight approached Oakland Int'l Airport yesterday evening- super green hills of the east bay and Mount Diablo in the distance. Home sweet home!
12 comments:
Beautiful pictures... Great run and wonderful weather. What more could you ask for... Maybe company but what the hey-nice job..... Good luck with the rest of your training.
the first anonymous is me too, sorry forgot to sign it. M&D in Montana
Yeah, Seattle is a great place to run if it's not raining too much. Great pace on that 11-miler and beautiful photos. Thanks for your vote!!
Great run, Jen! Your training of late shows how ready for Boston you are, keep it up :).
As usual awesome run, and very nice pics. I'd post pics, but I don't think that anyone wants to see snow, and dead grass. :-)
So pretty! Flower pictures - I love 'em.
Great run Jen.
Hey - can you shoot me an email with the link to where you buy your running shoes again?
Thx,
Judi
Nice splits! Nice run!!!!
hi jen. i hopped on over from judi's blog. saw you were from the bay and so am i...eat bay (concord/martinez/pleasant hill). anyway, i was wondering how you started running. i'm a beginning runner myself. i was interested in how everyone started...
thanks!!
sakura
Beautiful pics! Glad you had fun in Seattle!
How did I miss that park when we were in Seattle? Looks a beautiful place to run - love the photo of the jonquils.
I'm with you on wheezing, heaving and crying in relative privacy.
nice pics! after running trails for years, I now always want to look out to window taking off and landing and figure out where I've run.
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