3 10ks in 3 Weeks
Tomorrow is the first of the three 10ks in three weeks. AND the third one is the first half of the Dumbo Double Dare. What was I thinking? I should have added a fourth!
Color Me Rad 5k recap
This recap won’t take very long to write. The race was a ridiculous mess. I signed up with several people as a team for the 9:20 wave. I ran with Artboy and couldn’t have been done fast enough.
DotA2 The International 3
Donkey Courier watching an early match
I’m not all running all the time. Artboy works at Valve, most recently on a game called Dota2. Recently they held The International 3, and I went down and watched and hung out him. Here are a few photos of the winners Alliance from Sweden before and after their win!
Alliance heading on stage for the Grand Finale. Last game was sensational. I could’t have written it better.
Confetti for the winners
A winner, his girl, a lucky bear, and the Aegis (trophy).
Alliance wins!
You can be part of a team
I’m not a Team Challenge mentor. Not because I don’t want to guide people to awesome, but because I travel and race a lot. I will, for instance, miss the first five practices because I will be racing or out of town racing. Can’t mentor when I’m absent.
Still, I have to encourage you to be part of Team Challenge Northwest running in Vegas.
One foot after the other
It’s not hard in good shoes.
Ballard Night Out
I know, it’s just Night Out, but it was Ballard I was running through huffing and puffing and sweating while everyone grilled up some goodies. I run in the evening. I was waiting for it to cool down a bit. I went out about 6:30 p.m. and weaved through dozens of Night Our block parties, missing my own block’s party, because I need to run. I have to run. I can’t make excuses. So that pink haired girl sweating like a hog as she ran through your block party would have liked a smile at least. Oh well, I got my running in. Poorly. It was not a good run, either physically or mentally. Tomorrow is another day!
Feeling exhausted
So I’m running again (If you can call it that) and practicing some race walking. I also fell and scraped my hand and calf on the awesome sidewalks in my neighborhood. Ah well. I am taking it incredibly easy with one minute runs and one minute walks, keeping a light pace. I feel okay, actually I feel absolutely fine, but I am exhausted. It’s extremely draining. After three miles, I feel as if I ran 30. It will get better.
I was also thinking all this extra weight on me would slow me down in Norway, but after reading more blogs, I think it might keep me warm!
So it begins…
It’s August 1. And I went for a run. Sort of. I ran 1 minute and walked 1 minute, for three miles or so. It was okay.
- Weight: 148.8
- Pace: 14:20
- Pain: Minimal
- Days to Polar Night 1/2: 154
- Days to next Race: 8
It can only get better.
Finish Line
Crossing the finish line during the Duvall Centennial Half Marathon, part of the Duvall Double.
Itching to move
I may not like running, but I know when I’m behind in training. I did two 3 mile walks (with a zoo visit in between) on Sunday. The all walking 3-miles was actually faster than the I’ll run a little and see how I feel 3 miles. Tomorrow I aim for five (walking again)!
