DATE: Sunday, November 25, 2007
LOCATION: Seattle, Washington
After running my first double and completing my first 50 miler, I wanted to
continue the craziness. In 2006, I had considered doing the Seattle double, but realized I was not ready for a double. But this time I had already done a double and three weeks after completing a 50 miler I knew I could do it. I drove up to Seattle with my sister, we stayed at the Green Tortoise hostel in downtown Seattle. Early on Saturday morning we drove to Lake Washington (Mt Baker park). There I met up with about 50-60 other runners, many who were running the double. My sister planned to run the half (one out-and-back loop), while I ran the full (two out-and-back loops).
The weather was pretty good, it was a little on the cold side (anout 37 degrees) and overcast. I started out and felt pretty good. I ran for a while with a group of other Maniacs but things thinned out and I spent most of the run on my own. Upon completing the first loop I saw my sister at the start/finish area. I found out that she got a little lost and decided not to run. She stayed there and waited for me. My first half time was 1:52.
My second was not that much slower I ran a 1:55 in the second half. I remember I didn't push myself too hard because I knew I had another marathon the next day. I remember thinking that it reminded me a lot of a long training run. After the race I got a bit to eat and we headed to the Westin in downtown Seattle to get my bib and packet for the Seattle Marathon.
LOCATION: Seattle, Washington
After running my first double and completing my first 50 miler, I wanted to
continue the craziness. In 2006, I had considered doing the Seattle double, but realized I was not ready for a double. But this time I had already done a double and three weeks after completing a 50 miler I knew I could do it. I drove up to Seattle with my sister, we stayed at the Green Tortoise hostel in downtown Seattle. Early on Saturday morning we drove to Lake Washington (Mt Baker park). There I met up with about 50-60 other runners, many who were running the double. My sister planned to run the half (one out-and-back loop), while I ran the full (two out-and-back loops).The weather was pretty good, it was a little on the cold side (anout 37 degrees) and overcast. I started out and felt pretty good. I ran for a while with a group of other Maniacs but things thinned out and I spent most of the run on my own. Upon completing the first loop I saw my sister at the start/finish area. I found out that she got a little lost and decided not to run. She stayed there and waited for me. My first half time was 1:52.
My second was not that much slower I ran a 1:55 in the second half. I remember I didn't push myself too hard because I knew I had another marathon the next day. I remember thinking that it reminded me a lot of a long training run. After the race I got a bit to eat and we headed to the Westin in downtown Seattle to get my bib and packet for the Seattle Marathon.
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