Grinding, Shineing...

You know what I keep in the lining... Just kidding, today was the long run day, which I guess in retrospect wasn't that long, but it felt good. Today was the bridge, my first time ever running the I-90 bridge. Here's the course Battle the Bridge. I enjoyed this run today, the wind was blowing out of the north, and running in underarmour I was dry until I got out of the wind on the Mercer Island side. I took this course blind, so I had no idea how many hills were on the island, jeez, up and down, up and down... Well, total distance 5.29 miles, time 48.13 which puts my pace time at 9.0688 minute/mile or 6.58 mph over the course of 5+ miles and with some significant hills. I like this course, it's a fast start from the Seattle side, starting downhill, then through the flats, then the suck hits, starting up the bridge on to the island, and the hill just keeps going up, finally topping out, then diving down to 75th, then fairly flat to 77th. Starting back instead of the trail, going straight up the hill on SE 24th, this hill gassed me, but just think of it as a gut check. :D Then it's down hill to the bridge, down the bridge, across the flat, then back up the other side to the finish. My body is better suited to uphill rather than downhill, it's always been that way, short muscular legs take a beating running down hill, but allow me to sprint through the uphill on that last leg of the run. Good day, tomorrow swimming ;).