Time: before work
Where: DT Bellevue Park
Workout: the usual 5 miles interval routine
Notes and observations: No meetings today, so I was determined to do some intervals. I got off the bus, headed to my office and went straight to the locker room where I dropped mystuff off and started running. I knew if I went to my desk first I’d get distracted. It was nice to have this over with and be sitting at my desk by 9am. That’s why I like the pre-work routines. Also, DT park was far less busy than the lunch hour. A few Chinese women friends walking and talking, and a handful of dogs and owners. A nice chill but not too cold. It was good.
Music: Snow Patrol

and now this running log is all caught up! when i get a chance i’ll dump my timex memory into here. Just not tonight.

Time: before work
Where: gym treadmill
Workout: four miles, race pace for miles 2 & 3
Notes and observations: At least the weather outside was crappy so I didn’t feel so bad doing an indoor workout. My desire to try to wake up early and run before catching the bus just ain’t happening. This is the next option, as my workdays are filled with meetings now. Did I mention it’s been busy already? I did? Oh. Right. One benefit about the treadmill is that I can really control the rates. It helps sometimes.
Music: I forgot my iPod! Was forced to listen to the gym radio while watching a combination of GMA, CNBC and ‘Supernatural’ reruns on TNT. Nice mix.

Time: nap time (2:30)
Where: B-G trail
Workout: 4 miles easy
Notes and observations: I missed my interval running workout this week. First time I missed it since March, when I was travelling for work. Work is again messing me up! I decided at the very last minute to run “Beat the Bridge” this year, so on Saturday ran to Husky Stadium to sign up. Only they didn’;t take credit cards and that’s all I had with me. So I ran home, showered then drove back to HS to sign up. Sheesh. All this to pay race-day fees and run with thousands of others around my neighborhood. Oh, and to fight juvenile diabetes as well.
Music: Hot Fuss

Time: before work
Where: gym treadmill
Workout: 4 miles,  miles 2 & 3 at race pace
Notes and observations: Had to run inside on a beautiful day. Well, didn’t have to but chose to for mental/sanity reasons. Work has picked up quite a bit. The days of taking time off during the workday to run may be over for now. You’ll also notice I’ve cut out two workouts per week. I’m just barely getting in my runs, but that’s the bare minimum I seem to be able to afford these days. I hope at some point the busyness dies down. Hope hope hope.
Music:

Time: morning
Where: Bryant to Lake Union, around Lake Union and back via B-G Trail
Workout: 12, yes! 12 miles LSD
Notes and observations: Woot! Finished right at my goal, 2 hours. For the first time tried both bringing water and taking a sip every mile, and also doing a gel at the 60 min mark. Not sure if that is what caused my stomach pains or what. But, I’ll have to keep trying as I know I’ll want to for the race. Great weather for running.
Music: Foo Fighters on very softly. My ipod did not charge well even though it was plugged into a charger all night. Boo.

Time: lunch
Where: DT Bellevue Park
Workout: the usual 5 miles interval routine
Notes and observations: Long work week. I was out of gas and could feel it. Gearing up for 12 miles on Mother’s Day. Woot!
Music: random running playlist

Time: 7:45 am
Where: Burke Gilman Trail heading towards Fremont
Workout: 10 miles LSD
Notes and observations: The most important thing I learned is that Fremont’s section of the B-G does not have mile markers, that I could see at least. So miles 5 & 6 were slightly more than expected. Couple of interesting notes. 1) At some point in the run, I get cold. On this day it was around mile 8 that I had to put my long sleeve shirt back on. 2) Almost immediately following putting the shirt back on, I felt a second wind. I can’t entirely explain it except that I found myself running much faster than the previous couple of miles, and it felt really really good. My splits may not show this, because there was an extensively long traffic light I had to wait for during this time. But, it felt surprisingly good and I really took note of it. 3) I really need to learn to take and drink water during these longer runs. Gels, too. I could feel myself emptying, which is just a terrible feeling.
Music: Foo Fighters on shuffle, of course! “The Pretender” is a good song that picks me up whenever it plays. Same goes for “Times Like These” and “These Days”. Yeah!

Time: lunch
Where: around bellevue
Workout: 3.5 miles
Notes and observations: So. Mapmyrun reports that the run I’ve been doing the past couple of weeks that I thought was around 4 miles, is actually only 3.5! So what I thought was an excellent time of around 35 minutes is actually quite slow! But I’ll give myself an out and remind everyone that there are several traffic lights that I wait for during this run. Okay, about 2 traffic lights. My mid-week runs are not at the level they are supposed to be, but time has been short lately. Work has been C-R-A-Z-Y, so I’m just happy to be doing something.
Music: Green Day, American Idiot. I think. Who knows?  Now I remember … it was my “run” playlist that i started. Lots of Killers and Foo.

Hey! Today was my anniversary! I spent it at work. Woo.

Time: lunch
Where: Bellevue downtown park
Workout: 5 miles with intervals 1′ on 1’30” off x 9
Notes and observations: My big fear, I lose track of how many loops I ran. The goal was 7 but it might have been 6. I still did 9 intervals, though.
Times was under 40 min, which is why I suspect I missed a loop (so 4.5 instead of 5 miles). Oh well. It happens.
Music: can’t remember!