Ch-ch-ch-chia Powered!

Tuesday's run was a nice 4-ish mile recovery run.  Instead of taking my getting-really-old normal 4-mile loop, I decided to do two laps of the shorter route.  It's mentally harder because I pass by the house after the first loop (always confusing to Murphy), but it splits the uphill so instead of being two miles down, two miles up, it's one mile down, one mile up, repeat, and I feel like I keep a more consistent pace doing so.

I ate my Pinole Breakfast Cookie with half a cup of coffee before heading out the door.  It was surprisingly tasty, though I am going to tinker with the recipe a bit---I think next time I will let some of the chia seeds dissolve into a gel, and mix the gel with the cornmeal and some whole seeds.  Should make for a slightly moister cookie, though for a first try I was pretty happy.  Kevin ate one before his ride into work and was surprised at how good it was.  I didn't notice much in the way of performance enhancement the first two miles, but definitely noticed some extra pep in my step the last two, especially on the last uphill mile home.  I'm going try to make some to bring on my long ride on Saturday.

In addition to my performance-enhancing ch-ch-ch-chia cookies, I wore my leg-encasing compression socks again.  LOVE them.  They hug everything tight so you just don't notice the usual aches and pains.  I'm going to try them on this Sunday's long run to see how that goes.  It's time they made their photographic debut here, anyway.  Until then, here's today's milepost:

Milepost 4.13, 122nd & Evanston.  Taken with my iPhone, processed through Lolo lens in Camera Bag app.  This picture doesn't come close to doing it justice due to the lack of light and tight angle, but this is my favorite house and garden in all of Seattle.  Someday I want our front yard to be this awesome.

I registered for Portland Tuesday!  Bib Number 7200.  It has a good feeling to me for some reason. Of course I entered my projected finish time of 3:50.  BQ, baby!  And finally got in for my massage last night; Darian was booked so I saw Chris.  I still like Darian better, but Chris was able to kick the hell out of my lower legs and they do feel looser.  An hour of yoga today helped, too.

I was supposed to ride today, but ended up having too much fun last night over at Rick & Colleen's and couldn't get out of bed in time to get it together this morning.  Oh well.

The Details
Date: 7/13/2010
Departed: 5:24 am
Start temp: 53 degrees and partly cloudy
Mileage: 4.23
Watch time:  42:08
Running time: 41:50 (about 18 seconds for picture taking and dog peeing)
Average Heart Rate/Max Heart Rate: 157/176
Average Pace:  9:53
Notes:  A decent little run.  Felt good all day long, too.