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Sounds like a great trip- and definitely productive fitness wise! Lakes here are 40 degrees and you couldnt PAY ME to jump in them! Run tomorrow, hike Saturday, cycle Sunday, swim Monday- in the pool, of course!
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So weird to see you just a couple miles from my house (Kirkland), and on the bike trail I ride all the time. I always wonder if I’m going to run into you :)
Exactly what I was thinking! “That… that looks like Idylwood!” 5 minute run from my house.
Exactly. That is where I often do my long runs, Right before Ste. Michelle. Beautiful day for the trail, much better than a week ago there.
Daww… 60 Acres Park on the right, Sammamish River to the left… sigh… instant nostalgia. I always used to encounter live poultry on the trail closer to Bothell. Never figured that out (or succeeded in catching one for dinner). Any bald eagles in the trees by the bridge over to the golf course this year?
I’ve been on the Sammamish River Trail when it’s that empty, but never on a sunny day (no matter what time)! I rode it Wednesday around 2:00PM and found lots of foot, stroller, rollerblade, and bike traffic. I’m sure you stayed within the posted 15 mph speed limit too…
There are a couple of water temp buoys in Lake Sammamish and Lake Washington that you can get temperature readings from at link to green.kingcounty.gov
One of my favorite rides is around 27 hilly miles on southern Whidbey Island (2000’+ of climbing). Only a short ferry ride away from Mukilteo.
I really do not know how people swim in water less than 23°C : in my country it never goes less than this, and at 24 I already avoid swimming : too cold :-p.
I really should travel to Alaska some day…
Is that your 2009 Dextro Energy ITU Championship Series Washington DC shirt you are wearing on your run? It still ranks up there as one of my favorite race shirts. Clean, bright, and not junked up with an infinite amount of secondary sponsor’s logos.
Yup, that’s the one! Indeed, I agree, a really well done shirt.
How do you get that thin film of water inside your wetsuit with these temperatures? In the pool, I just let some water in at the top, get out and let it flow out at the feet. Probably not the way to go in that kind of water …
Ahh, see, that assumes I want that cold water in there. ;)
Normally I do the same as you, but this time I just let it work its way in their naturally as slowly as possible.
I know that puddle of water very well! It’s my swimming location — though, I won’t be hitting it up for a couple more months yet. You are brave (or nuts?)!
Thanks for bringing some nice weather to the NW for a few days – we needed it!
We made sure to have the sunny weather on tap for you when you arrived Ray. Hope you enjoyed your iced-therapy swim!
I’ve noticed you’ve returned to swimming and now bricks. Are you training for an early season tri? Seems like it’s been awhile since you’ve done one.
I was training for the Paris Triathlon (first weekend of July), but that’s been cancelled. So now I’m fishing around for Oly’s in that rough timeframe. Have a few nearby ideas. As for early season – my travel schedule is largely preventing that. So the focus is mostly on training right now and then if something happens to be nearby, I’ll jump on it.
I often start out on the Burke Gilman with the intention to finish the loop, but…I always stop to meet friends at Red Hook.
You went a few days too early. Lake Sammamish hit 55 today, after a few sunny days. I must say, though, jumping into 49 degree water when you don’t need to is a bit on the crazy side.