A doubly historic morning: my 36th birthday and Fastrunningblog's conquest of Washington State. Met up with David and ran down Stottlemeyer towards Port Gamble (well, *away* from Port Gamble at first, until it dawned on us we were holding the map upside down). Lovely weather: warm, slightly overcast, with rumors of sunbreaks every now and then. Agate Passage on the way over was glassy and self-satisfied. The official objective was to run a trail system David had heard about, which we finally found at about mile 6. Logging roads, maybe twenty or thirty years old. Some nice twisty single-track, too, which was fun, whipping past the brambles on either side. Took it nice and easy on the trails, and otherwise the pace seemed (from my point of view!) like a pretty good compromise between two rather different fitness levels: around 7:20 or so. Felt like I was pushing it a bit on the last hill, but within reason.
Iced the heel/ankle afterwards and stretched a bunch, and it feels a bit sore, but not too bad. Will try next week at around 42, with two back-to back days on the road and maybe stretching the long run to 10 or 11, and see where that leaves things.
Sleep: 12:15-5:00
Food: 8:00 - Roast beef, potatoes, spinach pasta in very winy tomato sauce, 9:00 - 1 beer, pretzels, 6:30 - power bar (blech). | 