Went for an 8K run today. The anual Seafair Torchlight run. The plan was to ride my bike down to Qwest field and do the run, then ride back. Unfortunatelly I got a flat tire on the bike and was unable to fix it since the tire bead got all screwed up. I guess I’ll have to buy some new tires, cevlar this time, since I had an unusual amount of flats this year.

So since the bike was out of commision I decided to bus to downtown on 41 and then catch the new light rail in the downtown tunnel. It was my first ride on the rail. I was pleasntly surprised how smooth the ride is. The rail is very quiet and acceleration and decelration are very gradual and smooth. I wasable to stand without the assistance of the poles. I can’t wait for them to expand the service.

Back to the run. It was very hot. I was completely wiped out at mile 2 and at mile 4 I had to walk for about 2 blocks. This has never happened to me. It did not help that I was carrying my backpack with water, food and change of close. I finished the run in about 45 minutes, which is my regular jogging time and as such I was pretty dissapointed. I did manage to see a LOT of friendly faces there and it looks like I might try and get a regular running crew going. I’m waiting for an official time but I’m sure my clock was accurate enough. This race proved to me that I really have to mix in some drills with my regular jogging if I’m going to improve my times.