Chaire Herodikos Selymbriaios!

Greelake-Lake Union loop with no backtracking works out to 9 miles exactly. A bit stiff, took it easy. 8:30 average.

Intermittent drizzle at 7PM for another Lake to Lake Special. Wore my quilted Adidas warmup, which has a good hood, but it was giving me some annoying wind resistance, plus bad acoustics, so eventually I just chucked it -- well, tied it around the waist. In the end I don't think I got much wetter than I usually sweat.

Feeling pretty good, and decided to let it all hang out on the Ravenna hill, which started halfway through mile 5. Clocked around 5:10 pace for that 800m, ending a couple of blocks after the bottom. Fun. So that's what it feels like sustaining that kind of speed. Then a couple 7:30 uphill miles, then I got the itch again and managed a mile at 6:30 between the university and Gasworks. Eased up for the last stretch home, and this morning everything seems to be in fine working order.

7:31 average for the run. Mizuno.

Lake to Lake. Working on pace, object was (without looking at The Watch) to keep it under 8, but not to strain at all. Read the results when I got home: failed on only one mile, getting up to 7:30 on the Ravenna hill. Otherwise they were all between 7:42 and 7:58. A bit of shin soreness, and legs were feeling a bit dead after mile 5.  Averaged 7:50 exactly for the run. Mizuno.

Soupy weather, soupier legs. Took it very chill (maybe that was my body temperature). Mizuno.

Was feeling some shinsplint action coming on, so decided to take it easy and limit the week by default to 50 miles. Down to the gym, where I did intervals on the elliptical for 20+ minutes -- "2.7 miles" -- resistance 12, three minutes at an easy pace ("5 mph") using the handles, followed by one minute at a hard pace ("15 mph") without using the handles. Quads were really burning, it felt good. Then finished up with 2.8 mi on the treadmill at an 8:00 pace.

Lake to lake, Watchless and watchless. Didn't even look at the kitchen clock before I left. Very easy pace.