Running In Seattle Update 20160101

Every few years, I look back and wonder, “how did I ever have time to do all those things in the past? I just am not able to fit those activities into my day anymore!”

Somehow, I’ve complicated my life so much, adding stuff which I deem necessary, that I am able to work on fewer and fewer projects.Somehow, I’ve complicated my life so much, adding stuff which I deem necessary, that I am able to work on fewer and fewer projects.

Is it due to cognitive decline brought on by my advancing age? I don’t think so. People do not decline mentally with age. Scientists believe that the brains of older people appear to be slow because they know so much; it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have much more information in their brains. Much like a computer that struggles as the hard drive gets full, so too, do humans take longer to access information when their brains are so full.

So here I am, back in catchup mode again. Do I need a New Year’s Resolution to keep the Run Events Calendar going?

Results Added (from way back in November):
Green Lake Gobble (5K & 10K, GreenLake Park in Seattle, Sunday November 22).
Seattle Marathon (26mi & 13mi, Seattle Center, Sunday November 29).

CALENDAR ADDITIONS:
Resolution Run (5K, Serious About Fitness in Redmond, Sunday January 3).
MLK Weekend Run (Magnuson Series 5K, 10K & 15K, Magnuson Park, Saturday January 16).
No Sun Fun Run (5K, Heritage Recreation Center in Puyallup, Saturday January 30).

 

Running In Seattle Update 20151102

The Pacific Northwest Sports Weekend:

Seattle Beats Dallas. — The NFL Seattle Seahawks beat the Dallas Cowboys Sunday 23-22.  The Seahawks get to .500 while the Cowboys drop to 2-5.

Seattle Beats Dallas — The NASL Seattle Sounders beat FC Dallas Sunday 2-1.  The two sides play again next Sunday to determine who goes to the Western Conference Finals.

University of Washington Huskies rout Arizona Wildcats, beating them up by a final tally of 49-3.

Washington State University Cougars lose to Stanford Cardinal 28-30.  With the clock running and only 15 seconds for the Cougs to get on the field and attempt the game-winning field goal, the shot went wide right.  Other than the loss, it was the Cougs’ best game of the season!

Three wins, one loss.

Back to the calendar, an addition:  the 4th Annual Rogers Reindeer Run to benefit the Rogers High School Performing Arts Music program.

Run Results:
Halloween Run Magnuson Series (5K & 10K, Magnuson Park, Saturday October 31).
Calendar Addition:
Rogers Reindeer Run (5K & 10K, Heritage Rec Center in Puyallup, Saturday December 5).

Running In Seattle Update 20151002

Here are three more events for next weekend.

Today’s additions are:  Walk Like MADD at Green Lake; Snohomish River Run (10K & Half Marathon) in downtown Snohomish; 11th annual Oktoberfest Stein Dash at the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup.

Calendar Additions:
Walk Like MADD (5K, Green Lake Park, Saturday October 10).
Snohomish River Run (10K & Half Marathon, downtown Snohomish — 8 miles east of Everett, Sunday October 11).
Oktoberfest Stein Dash (5K, Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup, Sunday October 11).

Running In Seattle Update 20150325 (March 25, 2015)

RUN RESULTS:
Mercer Island Half (13mi, 10K & 5K, Mercer Island Community Center, Sunday March 22).

CALENDAR ADDITION:
Daffodil Challenge (5K four times, starting at The Dome District in Tacoma, followed by Maplewood Elementary in Puyallup, then Sumner, and finishing in Orting, Saturday April 11).