Commuter Training: Week 3

Downtown Portland from Terwillier Blvd.

Sunday, June 14:
Trail run (104min, ~10-11mi) - My buddy Alec actually had me all turned on the Marquam Trail circuit around OHSU. Think it's the first time that's happened to me on the trails around Portland...ever. Was nice to be lead by someone else on a run for a change. Looking forward to the next one. Saw Shalane Flanagan coming out of her house at the top of Council Crest and then again down the hill on Fairmount. Tried to say hi but she wasn't really into it. Apparently, she and Galen Rupp and Dathan Ritzenhein and coach Alberto use that loop quite often. Bigtime. (1500s) 

Monday, June 15:
Bike (21min, 36min) - Road down to Bike Gallery to get new tires. Did some West Hills climbing on the way back. Starting at the bike shop I had a gradual climb on roughly 26min, and then a sprint to home.

Gabriel Park - near our house

Tuesday, June 16:
AM ride (20min, 5mi) - Beautiful morning for a ride.
*Yoga Tuesday (60min)
PM ride (48min, 10mi) - Went home via Corbett and then up through RiverView Cemetery (great climb). Then I took Terwilliger to Cheltenham and climbed a bit up on Westwood Drive, and then busted it home. This was a good ride.

Wednesday, June 17:
Easy run (60min, ~7.5mi) - Colin and I ran along the west side of the Willamette River Waterfront path down to Sellwood Bridge. Colin has never run across any of the bridges in Portland, so we made our way mostly across Sellwood before turning back because we were crunched for time. I'd like to work the entire loop back around the other side of the river along the Springwater Corridor path and back across one of the other bridges into our rotation at some point. It's flat and scenic and can be a welcome change from all the hills. The loop can be as short as 8 miles and as long as 12 miles depending on which bridge we elect to cross back over. We had a couple moments where we pushed the pace a bit so that was nice too. (K4)

Thursday, June 18:
AM run to work (40min, 5mi) - Ran to work via Cheltenham and Terwilliger. Perfect. (890s)

PM ride home (33min, 6mi) - Took it pretty easy on the way home.

Gabriel Park

Friday, June 19:
AM ride (13min, 3.6mi) - Took it straight to work this morning on the most direct route and basically as fast as I could. It's quite fun to go this route sometimes and rip down Barbur Blvd. It makes for a very quick commute.

PM ride (36min) - NO GPS, but I did basically go uphill from work for 24min via Terwilliger, Westwood Drive, and Westwood View. Normally I would've taken this all the way up to Fairmount or Council Crest, but I was on a bit of a time crunch and felt like I had had enough for the day.

Weekly Totals:
- 411 total minutes
- 204 minutes run (3)
- 207 minutes bike (7)