Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 940 ft Location: Issaquah, WA Elev. Gain: +6 ft Date: 03/22/08 Up/Downhill: [+757/-751] Time: 11:56 AM Difficulty: 2.7 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   51 F temp; 44% humidity   51 F heat index; winds NW 7 Performance Distance: 2.29 miles Time: 1:23:06 Speed: 1.6 mph Pace: 37' 30 /mi Calories: 277 Notes Briar's First Hike We started at the High Point Trailhead right off of I-90. From there, we took the Talus Rock trail path that headed Southeast. Its a pretty good ascent up the hill. There was alot of folks going up and down the first portion, most of them look like they were preparing for a big hike. Briar did a great job, but was pretty tired. For the first mile your climbing up over 1200 feet in Elevation. But once you get about 1.3 miles in, you hit some really beautiful rocks. Along the way there are some cool streams and a small waterfall that runs along a huge rock wall. The decsent was really nice and easy and it gave us a chance for Briar to walk without a leash. We got back in about an hour and half. It was alot of fun. Check out some of the pictures on my myspace. Map   Elevation (ft)

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St. Patty's Day Dash

Fun! and always interesting. Janelle and I did our Sunday three miler with over a thousand other race participants dressed in festive green. It was a great way to kick off the week and St. Patricks Day. We sealed the deal at O'Donalds on 128th. It's an Irish Brewery where we all had burger's washed down with a pint of Guiness. Very yummy, and now...I'm ready for a Sunday afternoon nap!

Ran with Jannelle Ibsen on the Burke Gillman trail to meet Jono at the dog park. This run's distance was about a half mile shorter than we thought, but we ran a little farther into Marymoore to make it 10 miles total. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 30 ft Location: Bothell, WA Elev. Gain: +17 ft Date: 03/15/08 Up/Downhill: [+246/-229] Time: 11:11 AM Difficulty: 2.7 / 5.0   Weather: Overcast   42 F temp; 82% humidity   42 F heat index; winds W 3 Performance Distance: 10.05 miles Goal: 11' 00 min/mi pace for 10 miles Time: 1:49:43 Speed: 5.5 mph Attained: 100% Pace: 10' 55 /mi Calories: 1146 Notes Stopped twice on run. Once when we had to cross the street for Marymoor and the second stop to check where we were at on the GPS. Then ran to 10 mile mark. All in all, felt pretty good and less tired than the 8-9 mile run a few weeks earlier Map   Elevation (ft)   Pace (min/mile)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 11' 00 +0' 05 5.5 -0.0 +3 ft 2 10' 10 -0' 45 5.9 +0.4 -3 ft 3 10' 32 -0' 23 5.7 +0.2 +3 ft 4 10' 40 -0' 15 5.6 +0.1 +9 ft 5 10' 58 +0' 03 5.5 -0.0 -3 ft 6 10' 38 -0' 17 5.6 +0.1 -7 ft 7 10' 26 -0' 29 5.8 +0.3 0 ft 8 10' 49 -0' 06 5.5 +0.0 +9 ft 9 11' 40 +0' 45 5.1 -0.4 -10 ft 10 11' 41 +0' 46 5.1 -0.4 +13 ft end 24' 23 +13' 28 2.5 -3.0 0 ft Versus average of 10' 55 min/mile

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