Journey Fitness

Slow run, but I’m recovering, plus it was a trail and I had to jump a few logs and avoid MOST of the nettles. Decided to try out the little trail by Union Slough. Pretty flat (except I went the wrong way at first, hence the log jumping). Very pretty day, and while the trail isn’t long (only a mile) I can see running from home to the end and back for about a 4.5-5 mile round trip. Roy waited for me at the trailhead and watched me run (lest a monster eat me), since someone dropped my cell phone in the toilet and it no longer works.

Wrong turn!

Nice little trail

It does grow “up” a bit! I used to be SO allergic to Scotch Broom!

Run: Union Slough Trail
Distance: 3.03 miles
Time: 34:11
Blessing: Being out on the beautiful waterfront
Total mileage this week: 3.03

Then we went to Seattle, had lunch at Cheesecake Factory (note to self…don’t look at nutrition information next time), and wandered around Pike Place for an hour. Saw “Grease” with Taylor Hicks as Teen Angel, and got his autograph for my classroom wall. (I had it from when he was on the American Idol tour, but it burned up.) A very very nice Memorial Day.

Tags: a year of running, running, Trail running, Union Slough

So this is what my feet look like after 50k and 6+ hours of running. I expected them, somehow, to look different…magic, or more beaten up. But they look like normal, every day feet. It seems like feet that have taken me over 60,000 steps, up 1000 feet of gain, over rocks, through mud, along trails, into the snow, alongside rivers, waterfalls, fallen trees, and ravines would somehow look “accomplished.”

Nope. They just look like feet.

Now how they FEEL is a whole different story.

Run: Mt. Si 50k
Blessing: Meeting two new friends, Tim and Wendy
Time: 6:28:42
Weather: Absolutely beautiful between 40 and 70, clear
Total mileage: 31.5 miles
Total mileage for week: 31.5 miles

Tags: 50k, a year of running, marathon maniacs, motivation, race, Trail running