Seattle: 3 Mile Run (BA-)

SEATTLE -- Been out since a week ago with the usual sore throat become ear becomes sinus becomes cough thing. Would have knocked it out much sooner, but had to put in a difficult week -- not the least of which being the 20 hour drive up here.

We've been here since Wednesday, but didn't get out to run until today. Wanted to make sure the hack was gone. It's not quite, but it's far enough that it should stay away.

The City of Seattle offers some choice running and I dove in to the Green Lake circuit today. It ended up being a 3.5 mile course around a mid-sized lake smack-dab in the middle of the city. At times, you can see the Needle from the course, but the only real view is the lake. The course features two rings...the inner asphault loop which is crowded with walkers and bikes and runners (2.8 miles) and the outer dirt-ring which is much less traveled thanks to the proximity to the water (3.2 miles). I parked the car with the Buckster in it and that added on a bit more than a quarter mile. Maybe more.

Anyway, it's a great city that offers such prime running trails and keeps them tended. The city even has a page on it's City Hall site where you can search out running routes. Rad.

Half-way through, I heard the cheer "Lions!" go up and looked over to see Becky celebrating a win with her team. Chatted for a bit and went back to the run, not feeling nearly as well as I should for such a shorty.

Originally planning two loops, I cut it short at one when I returned to the car to check my Blackberry for any problems with the news push. Not sure what it was, but this one didn't feel right -- and a bad run on a new course in a new city on a beautiful setting is about the rarest of the rare. If you aren't having a good time on these runs, something isn't right.

So I called it a day. But there should be some good stuff to run tomorrow.