My husband and children accompanied me up to Seattle since I had some business meetings on Friday, but we could play the rest of the weekend. I didn't want to skip my long run, so I spent a lot of time trying to figure out a good run for us. J's longest run in the last few months has been 5, but that man is a born runner, so he felt game going for 8 miles. After a few days of research, I finally stumbled upon posts about the Gilman-Burke trail which looked like a very nice paved 12 mile path with some easy hills. We were staying in Queen Anne and I felt bad that my husband would be pushing the double BOB stroller most of the way (with about 65 pounds of children) and there are some SERIOUS hills. Not knowing a good route to take really pushed the scales to parking at Gas Works Park and hitting the trail. I love running a new path. Even if I don't have someone to talk to during the long run, if I am in uncharted territory - it makes the time go so much quicker. I was actually disappointed to turn around at our halfway point since I wanted to see more. The path took us by the Lake, UW, and I even saw a sign for Seattle Children's - so I think we were close to the hospital. I actually kept a pretty fast pace and ended up averaging a 10 min mile, which for me - on my long run is pretty amazing. I think I am getting faster. I did do a track work out this week- 2 sets of 4x400s with a 1 mile warm up jog and 200 walking rests in between. Body has been feeling good - even with the longer distances I haven't had too many lingering pains post runs which I am extremely happy about. I think the strength training MAY have something to do with that. Now the key will be to not mess anything up before Shamrock!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Out of town running
My husband and children accompanied me up to Seattle since I had some business meetings on Friday, but we could play the rest of the weekend. I didn't want to skip my long run, so I spent a lot of time trying to figure out a good run for us. J's longest run in the last few months has been 5, but that man is a born runner, so he felt game going for 8 miles. After a few days of research, I finally stumbled upon posts about the Gilman-Burke trail which looked like a very nice paved 12 mile path with some easy hills. We were staying in Queen Anne and I felt bad that my husband would be pushing the double BOB stroller most of the way (with about 65 pounds of children) and there are some SERIOUS hills. Not knowing a good route to take really pushed the scales to parking at Gas Works Park and hitting the trail. I love running a new path. Even if I don't have someone to talk to during the long run, if I am in uncharted territory - it makes the time go so much quicker. I was actually disappointed to turn around at our halfway point since I wanted to see more. The path took us by the Lake, UW, and I even saw a sign for Seattle Children's - so I think we were close to the hospital. I actually kept a pretty fast pace and ended up averaging a 10 min mile, which for me - on my long run is pretty amazing. I think I am getting faster. I did do a track work out this week- 2 sets of 4x400s with a 1 mile warm up jog and 200 walking rests in between. Body has been feeling good - even with the longer distances I haven't had too many lingering pains post runs which I am extremely happy about. I think the strength training MAY have something to do with that. Now the key will be to not mess anything up before Shamrock!
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I love a new path to run on too! Good for your hubby to come along and push the stroller :)
ReplyDeleteNice work on the 400's. How did those feel? You will be rocking the shamrock run!
They felt pretty good... it was kinda fun running faster - I definitely liked having a friend there, since I may have thrown in the towel after 1 set had she not been there.. What are your thoughts on 400s vs 800s?
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