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Apr 28, 2011

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PR Table and Notable Races

Marathon: 2:21:12 (Chicago); 2:20:41 (CIM)
Half Marathon: 1:05:45 (Long Beach)
10K: 30:03 (Portland)

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Sun, Jun 10, 2012
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AM - 10.2 miles in Seaside. Today I got to do the job I might be best at - pacing really fast women! :-) Andrea was doing a cutdown tempo so I set the pace for her... she nailed the workout. It felt good for me to run faster than jogging and get my legs going through a bigger range of motion.

After the run we hit the hot tub one last time, then visited Cannon Beach and Ecola State Park. Beautiful day, the sun even peaked out a little. The Oregon coast is, however, pretty chilly in general. Then back to Portland (via Dairy Queen) and flew home in the evening. Saw lots of snow-capped volcanoes from the plane, which makes me want to get back up to the PacNW (with skis!) for a volcano tour.

Got a lot more pics from the weekend to go through - here are a few from today...

Comments
From Rob on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 09:35:58 from 206.71.84.68

Yep, I could live there. I almost did once, I was about ready to pack up everything I owned, quit my job and move to Portland. Can't remember why I didn't.

From Andrea on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 09:51:34 from 72.37.171.52

My only guess is that Portland is only sunny 48% of the time annually, while Salt Lake is 66%. So 25% greater happiness? :)

From Scott Ensign on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 09:55:27 from 129.123.3.84

exactly, it starts raining in Septemeber and doesn't stop until May. I know from living in Corvallis for two years. Still, Corvallis is a great place to live.

From Rob on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 09:59:49 from 206.71.84.68

Me and running are like Ice cream. I melt in the sun.

From Scott Ensign on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:02:36 from 129.123.3.84

and there really is no better place to run than in Oregon with all the logging roads and trails. we should all do the newport marathon next year!

From Oreo on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:20:45 from 206.81.136.61

Sweet! I've wanted to travel the coast line down from Washington to Cali.. Maybe we should get a group and hit all the sweet trails along the way.

From Jake K on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:09:42 from 155.100.226.54

Newport would be an awesome marathon - my kind of course - REALLY FLAT!

Scott - when we driving out to the coast, I noticed how the logging roads were all over the place. I figure we probably drove past what would have been at least 200 awesome places to run :-)

From Scott Ensign on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 14:32:09 from 129.123.3.84

we should seriously think about getting a group and doing newport. let's keep it on the burner!

From Holt on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 16:51:14 from 75.162.170.209

Makes me think of Goonies!

From James on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 16:53:34 from 97.117.85.3

I like Goonies!

From Lulu Walls on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 20:28:54 from 166.70.240.95

Seriously, Dairy Queen? When you could have had non-dairy, gluten-free, vegan and Kosher-certified ice cream served up in hemp-based, vegan friendly cones?!?

From Jake K on Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 08:49:40 from 155.100.226.54

I'm pretty sure the chocolate dipped cones are earth friendly... or at least taste bud friendly! And if I'm happy, that is good for the earth.

From Little Bad Legs on Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 21:07:14 from 68.186.0.46

Jake- belated congrats on the smokin fast race in Portland. Lewis and Clark makes for an awesome setting, right?

And it looks like you hit a lot of good spots while you were here--Forest Park was one of my favorite places to run and Cannon Beach is incredible. Good luck with the half this weekend!

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