Ate A Tanker

Ride Report 3/30/10
6 Riders: Julie, Maria, Daniel, Rachel, Melody, and Marvin Gray
Route: Rainier to Airport Way to Coulon
Distance: 17 miles
Braved 20 mph winds and light rain to visit the Coulon Ivars and enjoy a "Tanker" of clam chowder for an outrageous 7.99. Sure was good tho. Kids and Julie did great, though weren't very steady in the paceline during the spitting contest part of the ride, especially when it turned to trying to spit on each other. Good times.
Quote of the day "Daddy, this rain feels like nails [on my face]."
Rode to work and back as well. 13 miles.

Ride Report 3/29/10
Rode to SSI, MS, and home. 14 miles.

Ride Report 3/28/10
7 Riders: Marta Bakke, Ming, Victoria, Natalie Chan, Daniel, Maria, Marvin Gray
Route: Home to Othello to Seward to Willow and home
Distance: 6 miles
Inaugural STP training ride turned into quite an adventure. As we headed out, it started to rain and blow quite a bit. Stopped to use the Seward Park restroom and Ming was having lots of fun trying to dry out using the hand dryer! 1 lap did us in and we headed back. Daniel got in 2 laps, and Maria rode separately down to I-90 and back. Maria headed home ahead of us, and encoutered 2 dogs which started to nip at her. One of them actually bit her wrist and broke skin. No rabies so far!

3/27/10
Swam 22 laps at Enzian Inn pool which surprisingly is standard length. I didn't have my goggles, so I'm sure I swam an extra lap as I zigzaged back and forth down the length of the pool. Watched the NCAA game and did 20 hard minutes on the elliptical.

Hike report 3/26/10
Hikers: Paul Olver, Allison Coventry, Marvin Gray
Hiked about 6 miles up icicle ridge just West of Leavenworth. Beautiful view. Took a snowball back down to Julie for a snow massage but she declined.

3/24/10 rode to work and back
3/23/10 rode to work and back

Ride Report 3/20/10
2 Riders Daniel and Marvin Gray
Route: Lake Wa Blvd thru Arboretum to Burke Gilman cut across 155th to 175th to Shoreline FMC and back
Distance: 45 miles
Gorgeous day for a long ride. Thought there was a Bible Quiz to visit in Shoreline but we were mistooken, and settled for a teriyaki lunch instead. We worked on quote references as we rode.

Seward, St Paddy and Lian's

Tuesday Billy Vo and I took a couple of 9 minute mile laps at Seward. It was beautiful.

Sunday Morning Jerem Anger and I went down to the St Paddy's Day Dash 3.7 mile run. We had a ball and still made it to church on time.

Mile 1: 6:40
Mile 2: 7:10
Mile 3: 7:40
.7: 5:39
Total time: 27:09

Last year: 26:47 Last year I ran a bit faster to get out of the snow!

Saturday our family enjoyed an 8 mile bike ride on the Chief Sealth Trail and Beacon Hill. Melody wanted to go see her friend Lian's old house so we cruised past the house where Dano and Jennifer Jukanovich used to live and then headed back in out of the minor squall of wind and rain.

Rollin

Yesterday had a chance to get on the bike. After an appointment in Burien, I rode down the hill to Kent to preach at the Kent Regional Justice Center Jail, and then rode back up the hill to Burien. 21 miles of bliss.

Can't Count

Yes, 2/26 that was 10.5 miles, not 9.5.

3/4 I had a a fairly consistent evening run at Seward. 4 miles with half mile splits of 4.54, 4.24, 4.14, 4.07, 4.06, 4.13, 4.08, 4.04.

3/6 We all enjoyed a family bike ride with Julie this time up to a favorite park in the Central District on MLK Jr Way S, then thru the bike tunnel and along Seward park back home.

This morning 3/8 did 7x800 @ Rainier Beach Track. 3.07, 3.03, 3.10, 3.13, 3.25, 3.20, 3.20. I'm loosely following a marathon training plan but not sure I'll be doing a marathon this year...maybe Seattle in the fall. I'll probably do a 1/2 at some point.

Off to enjoy the lactic acid in my legs...

Run Tandem Run

Had a long run (9.5 mi)at Seward last Friday morning in the Mizuno's with approx 1/2 mile splits of:
5.43, 4.13, 4.15, 4.18, 4.18, 4.26, 4.38, 4.20, 4.17, 4.15, 4.22, 4.19, 4.03, 4.14, 4.23, 4.30, 4.35, 4.58, 5.32, 6.11, 7.53
Note to self: Lube up before long runs!

Sunday enjoyed the first family bike ride after 2 hours of bike prep! Rode about 14 miles around Seward Park, and up to I-90 and back. Daniel rode across the bridge since we were being so "pokey". Melody survived the first ride on our new 25-year old Santana Tandem Bicyle built for 2. It is a sweet ride. Maria enjoyed getting back out on her STP bike which hasn't been ridden much since she did STP 3 years ago). I modified Julie's hybrid for Rachel to ride and she did great! Julie had a meeting so she wasn't able to join us this time.

Tuesday night I ran on the Rainier Beach Track in the Brooks and did 4x1200 with splits of:
5.13
4.58
5.20
5.20
and a total time of 20.52
It was a good workout as I look towards St Paddy's Day Dash in a couple of weeks.