It ain't Chinese algebra!

Started out the morning with the Tigard HS loop (counterclockwise) but rather than turning @ McDonald's, I continued on Highway 99.  That took me over 217 and up a hill over I-5 and into Portland.  Turns out I was much farther north than I'd realized.  Needless to say my plan for 13-14 miles turned into 18 miles.  Good run.

Boston (150)

124th loop.  Awesome weather this morning as it was pushing 50 degrees at 5:30.  No rain or wind which was a pleasant change.

C2 (153) 

3 more miles tonight.

Y2 (462) 

Tigard HS loop, extended 1 mile.  Not much else to say.

Lunar (40) 

9 miles on a new route through Lake Oswego.  Minimal traffic with some rolling hills so I'll have to return and run it again in the near future.  Another great morning with regards to the weather and my body feels surprisingly fresh.  Nice.

C2 (162)

PM: 3 miles @ Hedges Creek

Opposite run from yesterday.  My legs feel trashed and I am paying for not stretching last night after Hedges Creek.  I just tried to loosen up my legs this morning so I'll feel somewhat decent for Saturday's run.

Y2 (465) 

124th loop, extended into Sherwood.  I started with a 4 mile warm up and then ran 3 x 2 mile tempo sections.  My legs still feel hammered from Thursday nights workout (Hedges Creek) so I wasn't sure how things would turn out.  I feel the need to start incorporating some speed work a couple times a week to work on leg turnover.

Averaged 6:58/mile for a warm up and then mile 5 and 6 was 5:43 & 5 :55.  I chewed on some Sport Beans and grabbed a drink @ Providence, ran mile 7 easy then hit a 5:27 and 5:42.  Mile 10 was slow (7:48) as I was starting to tighten up so I stretched a bit and then pushed through the last 2 miles.  Miles 11 and 12 were 5:43 and 5:13 to finish off the workout.

Pretty happy with how things turned out this morning.  Looking forward to doing this more often during the upcoming weeks.

Boston (163)