Just Trust Me...

Ok, so here is the REAL run for the weekend. It promises a lot of action.....neighborhoods, downtown areas, and nature parks all rolled into one! You will get views of both land and water as well as experience the joys of two different area codes--the 206 and the 425. I believe that on examining the route a few of you may have some questions and/or concerns. Let me put your mind at ease.

1. A portion of the run looks like we are running on I-90 against traffic. This is actually a running/biking trail on the island which is not on I-90 but runs pretty close to it. However, we will be running on the I-90 pedestrian lane between the stretch of MI and Bellevue (but this is considerably shorter that running over the bridge between MI and Seattle which we AREN'T doing on this run)

2. A portion of this route looks like its an out and back. Well that's kinda true. Unfortunately there is only one way to get back to the island from bellevue so we are back tracking some. Unless you guys wanna swim on Lake Washington, but the triathlon trainings haven't started yet to my knowledge. I'm sorry, I know we all are anti out and backs but you're just gonna have to get over it. You go girl!

3. It looks like we are running aimlessly through Mercer Slough park. I did some research and this park has paved trails. I have examined a trail map which I will be taking with us on the run (Just in case) and based on the map indicated the best I could where we'd be running on the map my run.

In short, you guys are just gonna have to trust me. Bring a compass just in case. KIDDING! Also bring your good attitudes....this baby may have a hill or 2....

Let me know thoughts on a good meeting time, apparently there are some discrepancies among the team.

10 Miles 'o Fun! BAM!

Just wanted to get y'all pumped for a rocking good time! Ba-AM! See you Saturday, 1030am at my place!

Slacktastic! 6 miles NOT 9.

I've mapped a rocking run to do on Saturday morning. Let's meet at my place at 10:30 a.m. (LAR don't be mad, but we're only running 6 miles.)

This just means we'll have plenty of energy for a 10 miler next weekend!

Revised Sunday Run

Hey runners! Due to the mysteries of the previous run chosen, I've changed our route. If someone wants to investigate how you would run on the railroad tracks in Magnolia sometime then maybe we can do that run. Plus, you have to run over the Ballard locks and if there was a boat in the locks when we got there we could have to wait for a quite a while to cross.

So, here is what we are doing today...familiar territory but not a loop we've actually done before....plus I miss the Burke Gilman trail :). See you at the Greenlake track to start at 12:15.

Sunday Run -- See you there.

Linds was not able to post our run so she asked me to do it -- I'll try to bring another post-it so we don't get lost.

Let's plan to meet at 1 p.m. PT at Rach's. (unless I hear differently from EY)

XOXO,
Kath

A Good Hill Run?

Nice hill run last night ladies...nice and challenging but I didn't feel like I was going to die, so I consider that pretty successful. Like I was discussing last night I think we should try out this hill run in the next couple of weeks.

Also, next week our group mid-week run is going to be on Tuesday to accomodate Kath's high maintenance lifestyle. I think we should try to do a tempo run of sorts and since dinner is at my place we should try and go to a high school track near my casa to accomplish this. I ran by Roosevelt High one day and they had a nice track, I'm not sure if it's lit up but there should be enough street light and NO rude runners to trip us. Stuffed turkey burgers after at my joint.

Reminder: our long run, 9 miles!, is on Sunday afternoon this weekend and we will be led by Lindsey. More details to come!

Running On Pavement = Bad...

I think this is a pretty good article. Lots of useful information!

http://saveyourself.ca/articles/running.php

Also, Chocolate Chip Pancakes at my house on Wednesday -Everyone invited, here's our run??