Second week of the new program that will hopefully get me through the Seattle marathon in personal record time. The best thing about this one is that the speed work is doable. So this is also my second consecutive week of actually doing the speedwork listed in the program. This is a first for me I hardly ever do speedwork and never manage the amount posted in a plan. So today 6 short hills at 5k pace, or as fast as I could manage anyway.
Tomorrow I meet D from the Eugene race 2007. We are die to meet up for a run around Greenlake at 6am - which means I probably need to leave before 5.30am....those hills along 65th will be a killer.

Quite a while

...since my last post, though I have been thinking about you. Very busy with the end of school. Busy at work with talk about the lab moving away from Seattle. Never really got the running going well again after Eugene. Still plodding away but less interest for a while "marathon blues' it's called. Great trip to Florida in June, not much running done there, either blistering hot, too lazy or spectacular thunderstorms. raced the Seafair half the week we got back. Not a great time or a good race. Very hot...reaching up into the 90s, poor organisers, they moved the race into mid-June to avoid the heat in July and look what happened. Lots of runners packing th course for the first 4 miles at least, unable to find my pace. Woman with a clippy camelback for goodness sake that sound almost drove a few people insane! This combined with brutal hills...but really only 2 mins slower than last year so not desperate really. Lots of Gleukos to drink...upset my belly for days afterwards. Poured water over my head, ran through hoses, sprinklers. Most proud that I managed to stay out of the medical tent. Have got my act together now think for Seattle 26.2 Thanksgiving WE. New plan, goes right upto 26 in training, must follow the speedwork. First of these sessions tomorrow. P and T away right now for a couple of weeks. Getting some mundane cleaning and tidying done, otherwise enjoying the time with R. We ran 3 miles this morning, fast for me slow for him.