Sean's Running Blog

Yikes. It was frigid this morning. 19 degrees when I left the house at 4:30am. One week ago at this time it was over 50 degrees. My plan was to run 14 this morning and then 8 tonight. About three miles in I was contemplating flipping that and doing 8 this morning. I just couldn't get my fingers and hands to warm up despite the double gloves. Once I got to 8 miles I kept saying "just one more" and before I knew it, I was passing 12 which will make this evening's double that much easier. What I would do for a 50-degree run under sunny skies.

Another 10.25 this evening. It was a balmy 28 degrees. Didn't know what to do with myself in such warmth.

Tuesday workout at the Dempsey Indoor at the UW. Perfect weather in there. :-)

The workout was 5x1200m alternating between 3:39 (73s) and 3:36 (72s). The first one was in 3:39 on the dot. The rest were fast. All 3:34 or better. I was quite happy and I felt strong on every rep. Again, it helps to run with someone else on these even if it was just one person. Going to try and do at least 12 tomorrow and maybe 14 if I can break away long enough.  

48 degrees and mostly cloudy with a few sunbreaks and a couple of rain dribbles. Almost felt like spring in Seattle.

Ran through Marymoor Park and along the Sammamish River Trail. It's a great blessing to have so many trails and paths nearby.

38 degrees and a few sprinkles this morning at 5am. It was slow going this morning -- ~7:00 pace for most of it except for the 5k stretch where I was remeasuring a new course for the St. Patty's Day run I am doing. I must have been in race mode as I unknowingly picked up the pace a smidgen.  

Perfect day for a workout. Upper 40s and sunny around noon. Started with a 4-mile warmup and then hit the track for a 3x2M set with 5 minutes rest in between each two mile repeat. Goal time was 10:10-10:12 for each rep. 

First set was in 10:06. Second was in 10:07 and the final one was in 10:05. I was very pleased with how things went. No one mile segment was slower than 5:05 and I had a couple 5:02s as well. I thought going in that this was going to be a tough one to do alone but I managed just fine. As I write this, it's now rainy and breezy. Glad I didn't wait until Saturday to do the workout. Shoul break ninety for the week.  

A cool but beautifully sunny morning run this morning on Snoqualmie Ridge. Manged to find 17 miles of winding and twisting through the streets and trails. Also finalized my route for the St. Patty's Day run I am hosting here on March 14th.

Broke 90 miles for the first time in several months.