Running In Seattle Update 20151024

When I have a rough or busy week, I don’t get around to posting results or events as often as I should.

Last weekend was a rough one for our local professional sports teams.  That was so depressing that I couldn’t bring myself to do an update.  The Huskies and the Seahawks both lost.  The Cougars did come through with a win.  And tonight, how will the Huskies perform, as 16-point underdogs to Stanford Cardinal?

Day before yesterday, the Seahawks did come through with a Thursday Night Football win over the San Francisco 49ers.  The Hawk defense cashed in with 6 sacks.  But the Seahawks offense gave up 5 sacks of their own, so there’s still a LOT of work to do.

We had a nice time at last Sunday’s Dawg Dash.  Personally, I was able to successfully walk the 5K and had minimal after effects.  The results are posted here today.

Run Results:
Dawg Dash (5K & 10K, Husky Campus at University of Washington, Sunday October 18).

Running In Seattle Update 20151010

I haven’t provided an update in awhile on my rehabilitation from hip replacement surgery.  I was coming along really well and last wrote on September 23, indicating that my progress was going smoothly.  Then I had a sudden relapse and my condition returned to where it had been about three weeks earlier.

At the same time, I’ve been gaining strength and this morning I participated in the Monster Mash Dash.  I did not do the entire 5K distance, but I walked two miles without trouble.  I’ve got to get in a 2.5 miler within the next few days, as that Husky Dawg Dash I signed up for is just a week away.  If you have not yet registered for that event, you still have an opportunity.  After the big Huskies football win on Thursday, you certainly want to be at Red Square next Sunday to show your support.

Run Results:
MicroSoft 5K (MicroSoft Campus in Redmond, Friday October 2).

Calendar Additions:
Jingle Bell Run (5K, Westlake Center in downtown Seattle, Sunday December 13).
Holiday Fun Run (Magnuson Series 5K, 10K & 15K, Magnuson Park, Saturday December 19).

Running In Seattle Update 20150923

Good News — for me, mentally and physically.  It’s been 7 weeks since my hip replacement surgery.  I was able to walk 2.4 miles in 3/4 hour today.  That’s a 50% improvement over a month ago.

When I began my physical therapy sessions, I walked to the clinic from home; it took 18 minutes.  It’s about 2/3 miles.  Yesterday, I was able to scoot there in 12 minutes.

With that achievement behind me, I’m signing up to participate in this year’s Dawg Dash.  For me it will be more of a Stroll rather than a Dash, as I am not going to attempt at all to run or even jog.  It will be an effort of Endurance; click to view cartoon: How to make myself do a 5K

Calendar Addition:

Every month of every year, Club Northwest organizes a weekend run that takes place at Magnuson Park, by Lake Washington.  At this event, you can run the course one time for a 5K distance, twice for a 10K and three times to accomplish a 15K.  Coming up is the Halloween run, on Saturday morning, October 31; there will not be a 15K option at this session, but there will be a photo booth and a zombie station.

Take a short ferry ride across Puget Sound for the annual Spooky 12K at Port Gamble.  As usual, there will be a best-dressed contest after the run.

On the other side of the state comes the 7th annual Monster Dash in Spokane.  The best costume contest will take place before the run.

Many runs listed on Running-in-Seattle provide a course for a kids run.  All three of the calendar additions have free youth runs, 400 meters at the Magnuson event, and a 1-miler at Port Gamble.  At the Spokane event, the kids can go for a quarter mile, a half mile or a full mile, based on age.

Calendar Additions:

Spooky 12K (Port Gamble — 27 miles northwest of Seattle by ferry, Sunday October 25).
Monster Dash (5K, Manito Park in Spokane, Sunday October 25).
Halloween Run (Magnuson Series 5K & 10K, Magnuson Park, Saturday October 31).

Running In Seattle Update 20150916

Beat the Blerch — The Results are in. There were 3,562 finishers, beating last year’s inaugural 3,331 finishers.

Interestingly, the number of Marathon finishers were down from a year ago. I wonder if those who ran it in 2014 found it too challenging and decided to do something different this year. Half Marathon finishers were about the same, but the number of 10K participants increased by a whopping 30% to 1,800 finishers.

Could Beat The Blerch become a tradition in the Seattle area?

One running event that is already a 30-year tradition is Dawg Dash, happening this year on Sunday, October 18, at Husky Stadium. You can check the details at the Husky website.

Run Results:
Beat The Blerch (10K, 13mi & 26mi; Tolt MacDonald Park in Carnation, Saturday September 12 and Sunday September 13).

Calendar Addition:
Dawg Dash (5K & 10K, Husky Campus at University of Washington, Sunday October 18).

Running In Seattle Update 20141020 (October 20, 2014)

RUN RESULTS:
Dawg Dash (5K & 10K, Husky Campus at University of Washington, Sunday October 19).
CALENDAR ADDITIONS:
Mustang Monster Dash (5K, Marshall School in Olympia, Saturday October 25).
Rain Run (13mi, Marymoor Park in Redmond, Saturday January 24).