Sean's Running Blog

A very windy but mild morning in Las Vegas. Business brings me to Sin City, a place I loath. One great thing about Vegas is it's streets are on that Utah-like grid system. So I took off away from the Strip and ran an 8-mile square.

Felt pretty good after a difficult workout yesterday. I'm still bugged about missing the last mile split so badly. I was supposed to do the workout with the two other Trials guys from the area at the UW indoor facility. It would have been nice to see if doing it inside without the wind and doing it with two fast guys would have helped. But I walked away tired and healthy, usually two good things after a workout.

Hit 75 miles for the week which is the highest I've been since before the Trials. Hoping to be in the mid-80s this coming week.

Talked to my coach breifly about 2008 and I think I'm going to run the Eugene Half marathon in early May. It's a fast course, it's my old hometown, and I need to redeem myself after a disappointing finish in the full last April.

I would love to see others from the blog join me for the half or full. Both are pretty quick courses.

Oh...and Paul, the Seahawks are going to walk away from Green Bay with a win on Saturday. Seahawks 20 - Packers 17

Perfect weather for a run in Las Vegas this morning. 45 degrees and calm winds. Ran a ten-mile loop (6:42s) around the airport. Bad part was it was all on concrete instead of blacktop but it kept me away from the strip and the traffic associated with that.

Just got airline and game tickets for the Packers/Seahawks. Excited to take my boys and dad to that game in historic Lambeau field. Go Seahawks.

Looking forward to running in Wisconsin...a state I haven't yet run in.

Ran from work through Marymoor Park to the Sammamish River Trail up to Woodinville and then back to Redmond. A tad chilly but dry making it a near-perfect stroll through nature.

I'm really enjoying the Adidas trainers I got. They are soft, but with ample support and a snug fit. It will be interesting to see how long they last.

Go Hawks!

Went to the Dempsey Indoor Track at the University of Washington for a workout with my coach and a few other guys.

Workout: 5x 400m/400m/800m with 2:00 rest after the quarters and 3:30 rest after the 800m. Target times were :66 for the 400m and 2:20 for the 800m.

This was my first short-speed workout since before St. George and it showed. I hit or bettered the splits except for the last 800 which came in at 2:23. I was very tight and could really feel the muscles work and hurt in different ways than they had most recently.

One of my goals is to get quicker and focus on shorter distances where I am notoriously slow. It will be an interesting process.

Ran from work in Redmond to a doctor's appointment in Bellevue and then back to work. Almost 8 miles each way. 6:38s out and 6:32s back. Felt really good especially considering how awful i felt during and after my speed workout last night. I'm sure the doctor was thrilled that I was stinky and sweaty.

The best part is that the rain held off until I walked in the office door and then it poured. When I came out the rain stopped and didn't start until I was a hundred yards from work.

Off to Green Bay tonight. Go Hawks!

Here's a scene you'll see a lot of on Saturday:

After a sleepless red eye from Seattle to Minneapolis, I managed to get a couple of hours of rest at my parents house before heading out for a frigid run.

19 degrees at 11am with the wind chill in the low single digits. The good news is that everything stayed warm except my nose and face. I learned to appreciate running in rain and the upper 30s. Running in this stuff every day for four months would be the end of me.

I saw zero people over the entire 11.5 miles (6:38 pace). People in MN are smarter than I thought I guess. What fool would be out this cold.

My parents have a temperature guage at their house that shows the record high and record low at their house since they moved here 2.5 years ago. -19 was the low and 101 was the high. That is crazy. It reminds me of why I like Seattle so much.

Off to Green Bay first thing in the morning. Go Hawks!