Richard Huff's Seattle Social Blog

Boot camp had to do without me on Monday morning (Labor Day).  Instead, I headed out to Woodinville for the Super Jock n Jill half marathon.  It was the first time I ran this particular race.  It was also the first time I ran a half marathon since last years' Seattle half (November 25th).  So,...expectations were low.  The important thing was that I was out with running shoes on at the start of a race.  The weather was perfect.  The course wasn't bad.  My time (2:34:42) wasn't even horrible, considering how little training there was under my belt when the gun fired.

There now just over a month before the next half marathon: the Royal Victorian.

The second week of boot camp finished last Friday with a big sigh of relief.  I felt much more capable than I did during the first week, but it's definitely not an activity where you should expect to plateau.  I'm still near the tail of the pack, struggling.  There's quite a bit of head room for me to improve.  We met at Discovery Park on Wednesday and ran the 2.8 mile loop trail.   Halfway through -- near the sand bluff -- we stopped and did an exercise circuit.  Walking lunges in sand.  Push-ups that involve pivoting to one arm at the top of the push.  Side steps when your ankles are rubber-banded together.  Bench dips.  We did a little bit of everything before completing the loop trail.

Two weeks down.  Two weeks to go! (At least for the first camp.)