Where's the Donuts?

Medium-paced 7-mile out and back along Tracyton Beach Road. This one has a few hills to start out around my house, then mellows out for a nice stretch along the water. Once it levels out I like to stretch my legs and float a bit, get down below 7/min. miles. Silent morning, overcast day and there was almost no one else outside. My legs felt recovered from the race yesterday, I stopped and stretched once because I was a little tight but I felt pretty strong. 53 minutes. 

After getting back from the run, I put yesterday's winnings in the oven. That and a Bears game in Seattle make it a promising Sunday. Is 9:30 a.m. too early for a nap?

Three-miles between 11th and Shore Drive, same route I've been doing, then I added a little extra extension past my house at the end. I felt a little sluggish, but was running an easy pace anyway. Feels like winter is starting, so it'll be important to keep getting out every morning as the days get darker and colder. 

Same route as yesterday, felt fine and it's a really nice morning now. Just a touch under 8 min. miles, nothing special. It's getting simple to do this little run every day, which was the plan. I'll start adding a little mileage next week, I've identified my next race -- Jan. 12 Nookachamps 10k in Mount Vernon -- so I can focus on that now. It's a year to the day that I showed up here, so happy birthday to me. 

For anyone heading to Moab, I have one cabin at Pack Creek Ranch reserved, a six-person. I've heard from Paul, Stacy, Ben, Cody and his wife, and Aaron with interest, so we'll figure out how that all works and what fits. If others are interested in staying there they do still have some cabins open, so maybe we could get a little compound set up.

The first frosty morning of the season, but I worked late last night so I slept in a bit and got out once the sun was coming up. Beautiful, clear morning, took the Warren-Manette bridges route to get a look at the Olympics. I

I was in a bit of a hurry to catch a ferry, so I ran 5 miles starting easy and working up to a medium pace (7/min.). Felt really good up the hills for some reason, I was thinking about how much of a challenge they were when I started running here a year ago. Stretched out my legs a bit on the last flat portion in, I'll start adding striders to runs next week.   

No frost today, it was actually pretty mild (40 at 7 a.m.) and I felt a little overdressed. Went out Trenton Avenue, which is essentially one long hill, then a short downhill, then another longer uphill stretch. I went from there out to Illahee State Park and did a loop through the park and a neighborhood, then back on a portion of Trenton and home. Coming home I got a better pace going (hills were in my favor) but the pace was more difficult than it should have been. Two 12-hour+ days at work plus a day of running around to see family might have been catching up with me. I stretched out quite a bit and I'll relax the rest of today, then head to Seattle to run part of the marathon with Aaron tomorrow morning.