North Middle School
Run Time 60:24 + 2-minute kick
My semi-annual west coast swing. Flew through Dallas to Seattle. You really see the different ends of the chaos spectrum visiting Grand Rapids, Dallas, and Seattle airports all in the same day. Flying out of Grand Rapids is like levitating from a zen garden compared to landing in Seattle. The trip to baggage and to the rental car bus and to the rental car center was like one leg of the hike from Rivendell to Mordor.
I have inclined toward running from the hotel recently, especially since I now walk first then run. When I hit the 60-minute mark in total time, it meant I had a very short walk before the kick, so I changed the walk times to 9 minutes recently. So for this session, it was 9 walk, 10 run, 9 walk, 10 run, 9 walk, 10 run, 3:24 walk, 2 kick. Plus, I have settled into a 170 lb. status, and I would rather be closer to 160, so I am going to tilt the emphasis back to running and away from walking, though I will keep them close so that I do not create heart issues. Also, it needs to be 5 days a week, not 4 or 3.
This school was about a mile away from the hotel, so that works. The track was a unique size and shape. Soccer practice for some elementary grade kids was going on next to the track, and the rain was on and off. It was nice – the cool and the rain. It was the end of a long day – up at 5 am eastern for the 7:30 first flight, at the hotel at 5 pm western and then the run. I stopped at a market on the way to the hotel and bought bananas, cookies, chips, cold fried chicken, potato salad, and pasta salad. All of my road snacks for the week, plus 2 dinners and 1 lunch with the chicken and salads.
It was not Virgenia Ave. It was Virginia. It was a mis-etching.
Don't Make It a Habit. Make It a Ritual. 