Time: 7:30AM

Where: 1.5 mile warm up on the Burke-Gilman, then from Bryant up to Green Lake, around Green Lake, back on 65th towards Wedgwood. Final destination, Grateful Bread Bakery.

Workout: 9 miles LSD

Notes & Observations. This was my birthday run, with an appointment to meet some friends at GB at 9am. I was about 7 minutes late (but also left 6 minutes early). It’s hard to run around NE Seattle without, um, running, into a bunch of hills. In fact, mile 9 is basically one big hill. I did end up walking a bit of it, maybe 2 or 3 short blocks. In all I felt good, with blisters finally starting to form in the latter third. A little rash on my arm (I wore both shorts AND a short-sleeve t-shirt). The run around Green Lake was great, haven’t done that in what seems like years, and bumped into a pal along the way. Today my right knee is a little achy but that’s what happens.

Music: Foo Fighters on shuffle.