Where's the Donuts?

Holiday morning run, I met Mike at Evergreen Park around 8, which is nice because the park is between our houses and 8 a.m. means some sleeping in. It was still overcast, perfect way to start what is becoming a sunny day. It's about two miles from my house, probably a bit farther from his but not much. 

We ran from the park through downtown to the new shipyard park and the marina, then out on the breakwater. The marina is packed full of boats for a festival, so it was cool to run through. Then back through downtown on Washington, across the Manette Bridge and up to Warren. Back down Warren to the park, then we parted ways.

We tried to take it slow, Saturday's pace plus working in the yard all day yesterday had me pooped. I'm a little stiff also, haven't been stretching well. But everything is in order otherwise. 

Now, back to my regularly scheduled yardwork.

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Evening run, decent pace on the old 11th-Shore loop. Windy night out, but otherwise really pleasant. Still no watch, it's time to go shopping. 

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Morning run on the Warren-Manette bridges loop. Beautiful and sunny outside, light traffic until I hit the Manette bridge. Legs felt good, kept a decent pace throughout and just stretched out my legs. An extended stretching period Tuesday night and a day off yesterday helped, I felt more relaxed than I have in a few weeks. A great morning to be up and running. Would be a better morning if I was going to watch the state track meet instead of work, but I'll survive. 

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What a morning, we just don't get enough of these. On a day like today there aren't many better runs than the Beach Drive route. Sun rising over the water and reflecting off the inlet, some shady spots in the cedars, a clear view of Seattle's skyline from Manchester, and a bathroom convienently located at mile 11. I met Mike around mile 3, he did 12. We held a little better pace than a week ago, more in the 7:15-7:20 range, with just one at 7. We were both tired by mile 12 or so, nothing hurts but I felt more worn down than I expected. But I finished strong, legs feel healthy but pretty stiff. 

Marathon is four weeks from today, so I'm more or less on track with where I should be. We'll do 20 next Saturday and maybe the following week as well, and look for two solid weeks here before tapering a bit. If the weather holds, shouldn't be a problem. We talked about setting a pace for 3:05-3:10, since it doesn't look like an easy course. I think that's realistic, Mike had some trouble in his marathon three weeks ago so I don't want to get overly ambitious.  

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