Archive for November 13th, 2008

In preparation for the Seattle Half Marathon in a couple weeks, I ran my longest run of the training this past Saturday.  I’d looked at the forecast and it called for rain most of the morning, so I figured I’d sleep in a bit and start my run at 9:00, being that I’d get wet no matter when I left.  

I. got. soaked.  

I knew it’d be wet, but silly me forgot to wear a hat, so I feel like I got extra soggy sopping up all the rain via my head.  I’d mapped out my route, choosing to torture myself with a start up Capitol Hill and then run the last 6.5 miles as the same route the half marathon will run (except for the finish).  Despite the rain and soppy shoes, it was a lovely run and by the time I reached Lake Washington, the sun had broken through the clouds and the rain had stopped. It was lovely.  

Not so lovely was that I managed to find what I’m pretty sure is the steepest hill in Seattle at about mile 4.5. I had to walk up it.  I will be certain to avoid that on any future runs.  All-in-all, it was a great run, I held a good pace and ended up running just shy of 13 miles in 1:53:55.  

Check out that elevation change.  Perfect for turning quads into Jell-O. 

I’m feeling good for the half marathon, being that this time was slowed down due to rain, traffic lights, and stopping to take some pictures on my phone.  Also enjoyed a quick chat with my mom during my run  I think she thought that was odd, but my husband insisted that I carry my phone with me.  Though I’m not convinced that he would even be awake to answer it if I needed to call him.