I took our dog on a jog this morning from Harbor Steps to Myrtle Edwards Park and back. It was a pretty nice jog and the dog got tired before I did. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad though.
BTW, I wish WordPress’s QuickPress functionality included a list of previously used tags and same for categories. I guess I may stop tagging and/or categorizing my posts. Oh well.
It was my turn to exercise the dog this morning so I took her for a jog on my “extended lap” route.
This past weekend, H. and I were in Las Vegas for a friend’s wedding and since she’s now training for a half-marathon, she needed to do 50 minutes of cardio. I had not been working-out in a while (as I hadn’t been feeling well) but I decided to give it a go since we were out of town and I figured it was better to exercise than gamble.
Though I kept my pace relatively slow (and H. was kind enough not to run circles around me) and we did between three and four miles on flat ground taking down Las Vegas Blvd from Flamingo to Tropicana, out to Paradise Blvd. (the one your cabbie probably drove on to get to the Convention Center), back to Flamingo down Paradise, and then back to Las Vegas down Flamingo. FWIW, this is the larger jogging route recommended by the Harrah’s chain.
H. was disappointed that the paths were not in better shape, but I was just happy that it felt good to be running again.
FWIW–
–Rob
Let me start by defining three “laps” that I’ve been doing with our dog Della. Each starts from our home near the Pike Place market, runs south/southeast toward SoDo, and then heads north toward Victor Steinbrueck park.
There’s also an estimate that H made that it was one mile from Yesler St. to Bell St. along the waterfront.
So this past week, in additional to a Tuesday Racquetball game and walking Della from downtown to her Doggy Daycare south of SafeCo field on Wednesday; I had two pretty good runs:
Now I just wish I wasn’t sore 
The last two runs I’ve had with Della we’ve increased the distance and intesnity of our usual route.
On Friday, we did a short lap that included five blocks up-hill; and then since we completed that in 20 minutes, we did a second short lap over the same route.
On Sunday, we extended the usual long distance run by six blocks in the pioneer square neighborhood; and since it was sunny, we also ran along the waterfront instead of in the city. It was a nice run and I was pleasantly suprised to not be totally knocked-out when we finaly made it to the park.
This past week, I was pleased to discover that Post Alley is now clear of construction junk and can now be easily traversed between the Pike Place Market and Madison St. As my walks/runs/jogs with our dog Della have gone between Pioneer Square and Belltown, I’m looking for a route that:
First Ave. has been great as far as the wind, but with people returning to work next week, the distractions will increase. Western Ave. has been great as far as minimal distractions, but it’s pretty close to the bay and seems to get a hearty blast of wind.
Post alley is a great opportunity in between.
Now that we’ve taught Della how to not pull on her leash (mostly), it’s become nice to go for a run with her. This past month, I’ve done three runs from downtown to Pioneer Square, up Western Ave to Steinbrueck Park, and then home. I’ve broken a pretty good sweat, and it seems like Della enjoys the exercise too.
This morning, I walked the dog about a mile through the market. I’ve got to say that walking through the Pike Place Market at 6am is a really great experience.
This is me “testing” some new functionality & features in another team’s code.
This is a pretty nice work-out regiment. I get a bit of zen in the morning at the dog park or in the evening walking around downtown; and racquetball gives me a fun, competitive sport that doesn’t require a significant commitment to joining a league like volleyball or a bunch of waiting around like pick-up basketball.
