SHMT, Days 17 - 20

Work's been a real time sink lately and I haven't been able to relax enough to think about posting... much less post. I have kept up with the running schedule, however.

• Day 14: This was a Thursday run and with Shar out of town, I wanted to minimize the counting I did, so headed to Green Lake and did two laps. That way, the distance was obvious - 2 laps - and I could concentrate on the number of AIs and GPs I needed to do. Saw a guy with rollerblades, a full-face BMX helmet with headlight on top, and a bulb horn from a bicycle on the path (it was early in the morning).
  
• Day 15: Pumpkin Push! A 5K around Seward Park with the family. Nathan ran with me the entire way, moving ahead near the finish. Sophie and Kristina ran and walked the 5K distance. We saw 'em in the 'uphill' portion of the course. It was a gorgeous morning.
  
• Day 16: Shar's out of town and I ran from home to Green Lake, a lap around GL, and back home. Farthest I've run in one go, and farthest I've ever run solo, and it felt great. No issues whatsoever, and the hill near the end was no problem at all.
  
• Day 17: miles around the track with AIs, solo. A beautiful morning.
• Day 18: Shar's back and we run at 5:00am. I'll give her huge credit for doing that the morning after returning from vacation.
• Day 19 (yesterday): an easy four miles around the neighborhood. (Solo again, sadly.)
• Day 20 (today): I thought I'd have a different running partner this morning, but she bailed; it was raining steadily at 6:00am and she wasn't feeling up to it. I waited until about 7:15; the rain abated, and I headed out. The rain was only sprinkles on my way over to Green Lake from home, and stopped on my way back. (Of course, the sun came out later in the morning.) It felt slow, as did my run yesterday, but the time wasn't slow.

Just a few more weeks - the Seattle Half is at the end of the month. I've an opportunity to do a half-marathon the Sunday before the Seattle Half when I'm in New Orleans and I'm leaning towards doing it. It'll be a flat half (and no, there are no freeway overpasses or stairs!).

I'm going to try and post things that aren't running-related; I've been reading some interesting books lately and would like to provide some feedback (to my many readers).