Team Same Same But Different Scores 4th Place

We did our first Street Scramble this weekend and managed to come in 4th place in our category.  We even got a ribbon!  Not bad considering we had no idea what to expect and the course covered a lot more of West Seattle than we anticipated.  We had three hours to visit as many places as we could on foot and I think there was only one more place we possibly could have hit so  I'm happy with our results.  Now it's time to take another look at the map and see what we could have done differently to score more points.  

The next scramble is April 25, in the U-District.  Tim is going to start off the race for team Same Same But Different and I will join him after my 5K at Greenlake.  It's a ton of fun.

Stats:
4th out of 16 participants in our class ( mixed )
13th out of 49 in our division ( 3 hour foot )
22nd out of 124 overall

Foiled by DST

I was all set to do my first 5K since returning home this weekend. I signed up for the St. Patty's Day Dash, picked up my race packet, set the alarm, cued up the coffee maker, and went to bed at a decent hour. On Sunday morning I woke up just before the alarm went off, got dressed, and was heading downstairs when I realized the time on the DVR was an hour later than I thought it should be. That's when it sunk in that we forgot to turn forwards our clocks for DST the night before. Not having a job is still messing with my ability to know what day of the week it is. Oh well, we ended up walking down to the farmer's market to get in a little bit of exercise. The Alki Street Scramble is this coming Saturday, and my next chance for a 5K is the Top Pot run in late April. No time changes to catch me up this time.

Rediscovering Home

Within an hour of our house, there are dozens of hikes of varying degrees of difficulty and I am sad to say that I have attempted very few of them.  While I am looking for a job, I am making a point to get out and rediscover the natural places around us.  So far, I have made it to Rattlesnake Ledge and re-acquainted myself with an old favorite, Tiger Mountain.  Spring weather and some pretty amazing blisters have slowed me down lately, but I hope to make it out again later in the week.  We spent a lot of time exploring nature on our year abroad and I hope to keep that spirit alive now that we are home.  Looking forward to warmer, dry weather in the months to come.