Lake Sammamish Half Marathon

Been looking forward to it.

Also, I've been super busy at work and haven't had time to congratulate you on not only your race this weekend but the whole XC season.  Lots of awesomeness there.

Thanks!

HIghly likely I will be there again this year.  Have been recovering for six weeks since surgery, hoping to try a few steps of running today and see how it goes.  I have high hopes!

Great! Hope to see you there!

I have found the best way to get fitness motivated is to have a race on the horizon. Hope to see you there! 

A few changes to the event that I heard about that should improve things are that parking will be handled differently so no more backup onto the freeway.  The switchbacks through the parking lot at the end will be eliminated with the extra distance added to the course before you enter the trail near the start.  Also, the race does sell out so don't wait too long to signup. 

To make things easy should we just plan on post-race festivities at the same place as last year?  I forgot what the place was called in Redmond.  I think it was the Redmond's Bar and Grill.

Yeah, it was something like that. Let's wait until we get a little closer and then pick a spot. My only request is that it has beer and food.

Very happy to hear they got rid of the switchbacks. Talk about a buzzkill at the end of a race

Tomorrow is last day for early bird special pricing.

You could still come and have a beer after. Or maybe stand on the course and direct me so I don't get lost

Awesome!!! Welcome to Washington! 

Whereabouts do you live and where did you come from?

Sa-weet! I also live in West Seattle. 

I got signed up so now I have a goal to get my miles up.  Looking forward to it!

I haven't done North Olympic but I cannot imagine a flatter, faster course than Lake Samm.  This years course will be even faster because the one little hill that detoured the course up to the road at about mile nine is gone as the trail is now complete and the multiple switchbacks at the end have been eliminated.  About the only way to get a faster course would be a point to point with negative elevation.  Hope you are able to join up after the race.

It's now sold out so I hope that everyone that wanted to run got registered. 

I'm probably going to run a few miles to cool down afterwards if anyone would like to join me.

Where shall we meet afterwards?

I don't care where we go as long as the beer is cold.  Last year's spot was fine but open to whatever.

Hopefully this year I can make it to the reunion--I am not letting my friend end up in the ER again!  There's a chance I can't run it, having some knee issues that are making training pretty tough, but even if I can't run, I will still go drink, cuz knees don't get in the way of that!