Sean's Running Blog

Ran from Maple Valley up over Tiger Mountain to Snoqualmie. A beautiful run. It was a bit rainy but pretty warm. Could have gone short sleeve. The biggest downside of this run was the traffic and somewhat narrows shoulders. It's a pretty popular highway for truckers and RVs as it connects the south Puget Sound with access to I-90 and the Cascades.

What I liked about the challenge was that it is a dead steady climb for almost three miles. Unlike the Snoqualmie Parkway, there are no breaks and shallow points. It's just a straight up climb of 1,000+ feet in about 2.5 miles. Ran at about 6:15 pace which was in the comfortable range. The worst part was running downhill.

Mostly rain-free run through the neighborhood and then down to Snoq. Middle School for my son's and daughter's band concert.

An absolutely miserable and disappointing workout today. First one since the marathon and it was perhaps my most underachieving one ever. The idea was 6M @ 5:30 pace with one more at 5:08 or so. It was pretty windy and a bit humid but that could hardly account for having to stop after four miles. I hit all four in the 5:30 time but it took a lot of effort and it was very clear that there weren't another 3 miles left in the tank. Very disappointing and hopefully not an indicator of how far off my fitness level is.

A stunningly beautiful day today...finally. It was 70 degrees when I started my workout around 12:30 this afternoon. The goal was to repeat what I so miserably attempted on Wednesday. 6M@5:30 followed by 1 more mile harder. Things felt WAY better today. I still feel some fatigue in my legs by I rattled off 5:20-5:22s for every mile crossing the 10k mark at 33:21. The last mile was in 5:20 so I didn't make the final mile any faster. The heat and dehydration were starting to get to me. I had spent the three previous hours under the sun umpiring my son's baseball game and underestimated the dehydration that took place there. So the jog home was somewhat pathetic after a decent workout.