Weekly News

Congratulations to our weekend racers:
Seujan - 50 km Soaring Eagle Trail Run
Anna - 20 miles Soaring Eagle
Meredith - 1/2 Marathon in Nashville (special kudos since there was a massive thunderstorm and downpour the whole race!!)
Carrie - Nike Women's 1/2 Marathon in WA DC
Anneke - Eugene 1/2 Marathon


The Wednesday bike group had a fun first ride of the season.
The Tuesday/Thursday run-walk groups enjoyed different city neighborhoods and views.
The Saturday hike group had an awesome hike at Tiger Mtn (off the beaten path).
The Sunday run group had a potluck to wish well to all the racers next weekend in the Snoqualmie, Vancouver and Tacoma races.

Photo Gallery of the week

 

 

Another Great Week

First of all Congratulations are in order!

Leianna completed her first 1/2 Marathon at Whidbey Island
Ericka ran Boston! Yes she finished and was safe, she was done before the bombs hit.
Toni had a great time at the Wenatchee 1/2, said it was a great race. Maybe next year for some of us.

Next week we have Eugene, Nashville and Nike's WA DC 1/2  racers, wish them luck - more in the next Post.

The hiking, biking and running groups are all going full steam ahead now. Something for everyone.

Runners with First Mayor of Seattle

Second Mayor of Seattle

Lilacs at Carkeek Park

Wednesday hikers

Beauty at the Arboretum

More Beauty

Even More Beauty

20 miles done!!

Bikes, runs and spring storms

Our Saturday ride was lucky with clouds and a few sun breaks instead of the predicted downpour. The storm came later in the day, with thunder, lightning and hail. On Sunday's run/walk we saw remnants of the hail (sure looked like snow) and a large downed tree. Some people choose an interesting way over the tree, many of us preferred the step over on the right approach.

Magnuson wetlands from lookout

Ride to Edmonds

Photo opp on Interlaken

"snow" - left over hail

the tulip photo opp on the way up E Roanoke

The downed tree

one way to get through

April Showers

The showers on Sunday gave us 2x the "normal" rainfall for April, so hopefully we are done for a while. Kudos to the 40 runners and walkers who showed up for the 12 and 6 mile workout! There were so many different kinds of birds out though and quite fascinating, really. Here's a picture of Coots, but there was a pair of Common Merganser, Cormorants and Blue Herons.

And a lucky 4 leaf clover discovered on the Burke Gilman during my 20 mile run!

No Rain Luck

This has been a spectacular week.
The Saturday short distance bike ride started with an awesome ride in the sunshine.
The Sunday run/walk group "sprinted" around the neighborhoods seeing spectacular gardens.
The Tuesday group missed the sprinkles and passed by the Troll unharmed.
The Wednesday bike skills class worked on finding balance and took advantage of the sun staying out longer.
The Thursday group had a little rain at the start, but scattered when they saw they couldn't keep us in.
The Saturday hike group had an awesome time in the beautiful mossy forests of Lord Hill Regional Park and took advantage of the 4 hour dry free part of the day with no rain and some sunshine.

Yeah to the springtime in the northwest!

Spring is in the air and other madness

greetings from a 19 mile run!

 Lots to celebrate this weekend!

Cris, Pam S, Julie and Stacey raced in the LavaMan olympic triathlon.

John, Eileen and Merilyn took the Columbia Building stair climb challenge - The Big Climb - 69 floors/1311 steps.

Ann raced in the Mercer Island 1/2 Marathon.

Ericka ran 22 miles in the Dizzy Daze at Green Lake.

The Advanced Bike Group started on Saturday - tons of fun even if it was a tad cold until the second hill....

Next week the Shorter Distance Bike Group starts and it will be sunny and warm out. Stay tuned.
 

cherry, cheery trees at UW today

Adios Amigos - we'll miss you

LavaMan Triathlon finishers

not a fun road for bikes......

Hike Group starts

What a wonderful, sunny start for the hike group this year. 7 miles with 1000 feet of elevation gain at Cougar Mtn. Great fun and great company.

And this is a special time for a couple of our team members. We celebrated Betty and Susanna's birthdays at the Thai of Wedgwood and finished off the yummy meal with Sabina's famous vegan carrot cake.