Time: 4pm
Where: Burke Gilman, heading N(E)
Workout: 5 miles. Miles 1 & 5 were warm up / cool down. Miles 2-4 were intervals. 1′ on, 1’30 off x 10.
Notes and observations: none right now. Gearing up for my first 9 miler tomorrow.
Music: Beat the Bridge Playlist

Time: 2pm
Where: Burke Gilman trail Bryant to Matthews Beach and back, with a little side trip to a fancy neighborhood.
Workout: 6 miles
Notes and observations: got a little lost in my attempt to veer off the beaten path aka the B-G Trail. Fortunately I was able to weave myself back to … The B-G! Ha. Mile 4 included the uphill sidebar (whatever neighborhood I bumped into, it was niiiiice. I felt like I didn’t belong)
1:01.46
Mile 1: 10.07
2: 9.28
3: 8.31
4: 15.03
5: 9.33
6: 9.02
Music: beat the bridge playlist

Time: 7:45ish am

Where: Burke Gilman Trail, Sandpoint headed northeast

Workout: 4 Miles easy

Notes & Observations: So the official work out was “easy”, which I completely forgot about until I was about 3.75 miles into the run. Oops. I’ve been toying with the idea of running the Top Pot 5K in late April, which will be a good benchmark of how my speed has progressed over the past 4+ months. Perhaps in my subconscious I was testing myself today. It’s the first Monday run I’ve done in a while, and the first short(er) distance I’ve done (as part of a plan, not by accident). So I found myself doing a nice strong fourth mile when I remembered this was an easy day. Oh well. Better luck next time. Let’s hope today’s run cancels out the amazing hi-hat cupcake I had over the weekend, courtesy of Trophy.

Oh, by the way, I purchased a new running jacket this weekend, which likely assures us warmer weather from here on out, murphy’s law and all.

36.20

Mile 1: 8.55

2: 9.10

3: 9.26

4: 8.49

Music: My old ‘beat the bridge’ playlist.

Time: 7:45 am

Where: Burke-Gilman Trail, Sandpoint to Wall of Death & back

Workout: 7 miles, LSD.

Nothing too different to report. Finally some dry weather again. Taking some days off of work and I’m looking forward to some time to run and workout. I can also scout out some new routes. As much as I love living close to the B-G, and to a specific mile-marker at that, it’s getting kind of old.

1:06.11

Mile 1: 9.33

2: 9.19

3: 9.25

4: 9.32

5: 9.34

6: 9.23

7: 9.27

Music: My iPod on shuffle.

Time: lunch, noonish
Where: Bellevue DT park
Workout: five-ish miles.
One mile+ warm up. Then 1′ on, 1:30 off x 9 (total of 6 loops around the park), then .75 mi cool down run back to work.
Notes and observations: This interval routine is kind of nice. Those runners going counter-clockwise, you who go down the stairs instead of up … Wusses! Then again, I can also feel myself fading a bit. My lust for fit life not so lustful these days. I’m hoping my week off from work can shake that up a bit.
Music: my 1,000 song playlist, in what might have been sorted by most played. Nice.

Time: lunch
Where: around Bellevue, just north of downtown
Workout: 5 miles, the goal was to increase tempo but …
Notes and observations: I was freezing. It was raining and I was not dressed appropriately. Spent the second half just trying to not freeze. Tempo didn’t happen, though the route was nice and hilly. Last half was more traffic lights than I like.
Music: My entire iPod on shuffle.

Time: noon, 1:17.21
Where: Burke Gilman, Bryant to gas works and back
Workout: 8 miles, LSD
Notes and observations: wet. Actually not as bad as the drowned rat experience I had a couple of days prior, but very tough to get motivated to go out. Almost turned around at 1.5 mile mark, but finally yelled at myself, dammit if K can go out in this and run 14miles then surely I can do 8. What also helps is the number of people I encounter as a I approach Wallingford. The more the merrier, I say. So ready for this rain Togo away.
1:17 …
Splits:
Mile 1: 10:16
2: 9:45
3: 9:43
4: 9:28
5: 9:34
6: 9:29
7: 9:44
8: 9:23

Music: foo fighters, shuffle

Time: 11:40 am
Where: Bellevue downtown park
Workout: 5-ish miles, one mile warm up to the park, 6 half-mile loops around the park, then a .75 cool down back to work. The loops were intervals, 60 seconds on, 90 seconds off x 8
Notes and observations: lots of rain. Park was empty, and I should invest in some rain gear if I intend to continue this running thing here in Seattle.
Music: Bruce Springsteen, shuffle

Time: before work
Where: gym
Workout: plan was 5 miles or 47 minutes
Notes and observations: first time in a while that I was more than a mile off from my original goal. The nigh before i planned a 47 minute goal. By the time i arrived at the gym i had brought it down to 45 minutes. I finally got off the treadmill having completed 41 minutes, or around 3.71 miles, so theres some walking in there, too. Slow to start, and then felt crampy, unmotivated. Not sure if it’s work stress, fitness lull or what.
Music: John Mayer on shuffle. Maybe it’s The music that affected the workout.