Unrelated to the pic above, I decided to join my friend maggiemo at the Lake Union 10K. It basically is a run around Lake Union, which was an enjoyable run for me when I was training for the half last year. You run across two bridges, see several neighborhoods, houseboats, yachts, seaplanes. You see a lot of other runners as it’s quite a popular route. Also, it’s flat.

On Tuesday I ran three miles, with little warmup. The route is an out-and-back, with a slight incline on the out. 31:10, or a 10:16 pace. For this route I did not track pace, but I listened to an old running playlist. Maggiemo has mentioned she’s around a 10-min miler.

Three days later, one of the options for the benchmark WOD is … a 5k time trial. What the heck so I did it again. The time, I had a warmup, including a heavy back squat routine. Also, no watch and no music, just me and that Gnarls Barkley song in my head. 27:43. The distance was not exact, though both days I went from 55th to 85th and back, more or less. I went out to quickly on the out, and ran with cramps the second half. It was an interesting exercise, no pun intended, running without my usual staples (music and watch).

I am enjoying these shorter runs in these new Brooks I got at the Nordstrom sale last month, though.i had my doubts, but Brooks has a way with me.