Brew Ha Ha Street Scramble

We have not made it out to a street scramble in a while, but beer sure is a good motivator. By our account, we scored over 600 points which should have put is in about third place, but during the awards announcements we did not place so we'll have to look into the official scores in a couple of days.

Still, 5.36 miles is not too shabby for these weekend warriors.

Lake Union 10K

It was my first race back after a bit of a hiatus and I am pretty happy with the results. For the first time ever, I jogged the entire first 5K without stopping to walk. Yippee! I'm slow, but it was a good finish and I feel good. Maybe walking the Seattle Half Marathon is not so far out of my reach after all.

Distance: 6.27 mi (10K)
Time: 1:13:15
Avg Pace: 11:42
Elevation Gained: 798 ft

Easing Back Into It

It's been a while since I've trained and I felt bad for bailing out of the street scramble on such a nice day so I made myself go for a walk. After nearly 7 miles, I'm ready for a giant slice of watermelon.



Somehow the map was corrupted so I'm removing it for now.

Beer, Footy, Midnight Runs, and Sweedes

We kicked off the long weekend with a visit to the Seattle International Beer Festival. True to form, we got rained on, but the sun did come out a bit towards the end of the evening. Sampling beers from all over is not a bad start to the holiday weekend.

A long night rolled into an early morning for breakfast, mimosas and Germany v Argentina action on the big screen at home. Germany dominated the match and ended up victorious. We are hoping for a Germany v Netherlands final this year.

After a couple of naps in the hope of a quick recovery, we headed back down to the Seattle Center for the Firecracker 5000 race which kicked off at 11:55 PM. The best part was slogging past all of the bars on lower Queen Anne with everyone outside cheering us idiots on.



The after party at Buca di Beppo's was rewarding if subdued.

Today was a day of rest before we head out to the Swedish Cultural Center for a July 4 Celebration. The rain has decided to set in for the evening so it will be nice to have a roof over our heads while we wait for the fireworks. I almost feel sorry for the guys down the street who have already started setting off fireworks in celebration. Almost.

Tomorrow it's back to catching up on all the chores at home before heading back to work on Tuesday.

Fitness for Vitality 5K

I signed up to participate in the Fitness for Vitality 10K, but pulled the plug after the first lap at 5K. I had a chance to go sub-30 minutes for the 5K, but just could not push through. I need to start doing yoga again and lose this extra 10 pounds I'm carrying around and things will be a lot easier.

Anyway, here are the vital stats:

Duration    Distance    Avg. Pace    Climbed
0:31:38       3.04 mi      10:25             78 ft

Apologies for the broken maps

RunKeeper upgraded their system and it seems to have introduced several issues including returning a 404 error for embedded maps. A ticket has been open for a couple of days, and they promise to fix the problem "soon". Until then, I apologize for the broken maps. You can use the URL below to click through my past races in the meantime.

http://runkeeper.com/user/kjdreyling

Not Feeling It Today

I went for a free run today and was just not feeling it. I am developing shin splints which have always plagued me when running and I still have not found a good way to prevent them. That and too much food over the weekend made it a pretty low intensity outing today. I'm still giving myself credit for getting out and doing something.

Duration    Distance    Avg. Pace    Climbed
0:33:59       2.91 mi      11:42             146 ft