my makeup may be flaking

I did the THINK ABOUT IT run down California Avenue for the first time in a while. I didn't feel brilliant exactly but I managed. I had a headwind on the way out that almost made me give up but it was a tailwind on th way back. Out in 1:09:28 (6:10 pace) and then back in 1:08:23 (6:04 pace). I think I dropped a Gu in the portapotty at the dump. So if you're there and see a Lemon sublime and you're reeeaaaally hungry know that its been there since Sunday the 24th of May.

A couple hours later I walked to the store. Some guy tried to steal some beer right as I was walking in. I chased the sucker down no problem!

Ran to Liberty park and did two loops very slowly.

Four loops of Sugarhouse park on the grass.

9.5 in the morning.

Flew to Seattle

5.3 Around the South tip of Mercer Island. I'm now back in Seattle for a few weeks which means great running for one thing. I did this run in 31:15 (5:53) which is pretty good as it contains a nasty hill.

Pretty unimpressive runs today, I'm not really feeling all that great. I did 12.3 in the morning at 7:03 pace and seven in the evening at 7:20 pace. The last two weeks have kind of thrown me through a loop.

9 days to go until starting to taper

15 days until Fremont 5k

30 days until marathon.

Miles	Split	Pace	Cum Split	Cum Pace
2.4	14:31	6:02	14:31	6:02
4.1	10:13	6:01	24:44	6:02
6.5	14:58	6:14	39:42	6:06
8.2	11:08	6:33	50:50	6:12
10.6	15:11	6:20	1:06:02	6:14

Not really what I was hoping for on this run. I was looking to run a couple of minutes faster, but I just didn't have it today, not really that surprising. I was pushing too hard at the beginning trying to run an impossible pace so I ended up dying a little at the end. Considering that I normally finish training runs faster than I start them, this was not good. It has been a tough month though, I only hope that I haven't bitten off more than I can chew.

I just ran really slow today. I wasn't plodding but it wasn't that fast, I didn't time it for some reason. I ran around the Island then crossed the bridge and ran around the Slough (the short way). It was at least wonderful weather. I tried out the GU chomps, quite tasty although the whole pack is apparently only 180 calories, that doesn't seem very useful.

I really listened to my body and I felt alot of aches and pain, which is OK. My muscles were basically feeling pretty good though. Tomorrow I'm going to not run, but maybe walk to the waterfront and go for a swim. Ahh that sounds good...even with a goose egg tomorrow this will be my highest mileage month ever.