I made it out for a run both days this weekend. Saturday morning I joined the group for 8 miles. Skies are light again at 7:00 am and we actually had a nice break in the rain for our run. I find it funny that in nearly every month since I have moved to Seattle the temps are below normal and the precipitation is above normal. (I think only February bucked this trend) I feel like the Northwest is hazing me during my freshman year and things can only improve. The forecast for April is much of the same. At least it is getting slightly warmer and even on the rainiest of weekends there are always a few peeks of the sun.

Back to the run. I took the first 4 miles easy with the group and then hit the last 4 at tempo pace or harder. I haven’t measured my speed at this effort in a while so I don’t have any idea where I am at. I like to think I am solidly below 6:30 pace (at least on flat ground). I think I covered the 3.9 hilly miles of this section in 25 minutes which would bear out my hope of sub 6:30 pace but I am not positive about the 25 minutes. In any case the run felt great and my high spirits after finishing carried me through the rest of the day.

Sunday was an aimless easy run. My only parameter was to keep it under 50 minutes so Heather could get out the house for a work related meeting. As usual when I have no route in mind I head down the canal and check out the tourists, after which I ran the Burke Gilman up to Golden Gardens Park, and took the steps easy or as easy as possible while still actually running back up to 85th street and home. Nothing of note. Untimed.

I’m thinking I should find a mid to late May race to put on my calendar before the new baby arrives in early June. My running shape is far from perfect and I wouldn’t expect a PR at any distance but it should at least focus my training over the next month and half or so. Possibly get me out the door more often.