Roegner Park. 7:00 a.m. I got up and ran earlier than usual because I wanted to to go to Puyallup Fair with friends which never happened due to weather so we were planning this a.m. to go. It was yucky out there even when I woke up. It was rainning pretty steadily. I still made myself get up, despite going to bed at midnight last night and eating 2 slices of pizza....lol. I had to get my run in! Ran solo at the park. It pretty much poured on me the first 3-4 miles then let up some. I stuck my hat in the car bc i thought it was done but none the less starting raining again on mile 6 and near the end on mile 10ish. I just started to ignore it and focus on my run.! I was shocked to see some other people out there running as well! I thought I was the only goon out there! lol. There were 2 young ladies running togehter, one man all bundled up in rain jacket, and a hispanic man. The younger ladies i said good job behind them but I think I scared one. I said "sorry!" Then near the end I was done so they passed me and asked out far I was running. They ran 9 miles and me 12. I didn't have too much pain except mile 8 I got some slight pain on R knee and then usual spot on inside of L knee so I slowed my pace down some and it seemed to help. I started out pretty fast and I know I wanted to keep a faster pace....hopefully that was okay. I know on marathon day I want to start out WAY slower..! I just get too excited sometimes. I was to keep a steady pace in 2 weeks. Portland Marathon here I come! (yikes!)
TT: 1:46:27 Avg: 8:52 min. Max: 6:05 min.
Splits: 8:52, 9:00, 8:47, 8:53, 9:06, 8:50, 8:44, 9:06, 9:06, 8:57, 8:54, 8:12 | 