Salmon Days Run 2006
Following on Jodi’s success in the 10k last year, this year we figured it’d be more efficient if we just both ran the 5k. 
Like the last 5k I ran (wow, has it really been since April?!), I was able to go straight through the whole race without walking. This one was actually even “easier” than the Hawk Run, and I attribute my increased running stamina very directly to the long bike rides I’ve been doing over the last month or two. I guess biking for 2-3 straight hours helps make it a bit easier to run for 30 minutes! Go figure.
In any event, Jodi and I ran the whole thing together and did the whole mapping thing. Here is the 5k route (a bit of overlapping on the way back so it’s probably not totally clear which direction we ran where the route is not overlapped… short version is you start at GI Joes on Gilman, go fairly straight up to the downtown, then zig-zag back to the GI Joes for the finish):
Sadly, the 5k didn’t have chip start timing, only finish from chip based on gun time. Darnit. So my official Gun Time was:
264 11/12 1087 Evan Dodds 29 Seattle WA 33:37 10:49
And Jodi’s:
202 16/20 1088 Jodi Dodds 27 Seattle WA 33:37 10:49
But according to my watch time, not only did we actually run 3.14 miles, but we were back a few seconds from the starting line and so my “chip” time for the 3.14 miles would have been 33:18.
Scott and Arika were also there. Scott running the 10k (and very fast at under 50 minutes, according to the official chip-time numbers!) and Arika running the 5k a good bit ahead of Jodi and I.
I didn’t see Michael Palermizzle there, but I can only assume he ran the 1k kids fun run after the main races were done. No results on that posted online, so let’s just assume he came in somewhere in the middle of the pack. Congratulations Michael!!
Michael Palermiti said,
October 10, 2006 at 10:12 am
Thanks! Those kids were a real challenge, but towards the end I did what I had to so I wouldn’t finish last. (I hope those two kids at the last turn are OK… things got a little hairy there and I “accidentally” bumped into them.)
Jodi said,
October 11, 2006 at 7:48 am
Congratulations, Evan!
And you did it without your albuterol! Looking forward to the Pumpkin Push on your birthday.
Jodi’s Running Blog » Running With The Salmon - 2nd Annual (for me) said,
October 30, 2006 at 8:06 am
[...] As you know, I have been sitting out since that dreaded pubic ramus stress fracture in June, and I decided to take it easy, enjoy the day, have fun with Evan, and soak up the festivities. It felt fantastic to be running - we ran 11 minute miles (you can click here to read Evan’s post about the day, complete with our results). I was quite astonished to find that I was even sore the following day – after sitting out for so long, a low-impact, fun race left me sore from the waist down. My muscles need to wake up! [...]
Evan Dodds - Non-work-related blog » Pumpkin Push 2006 said,
October 31, 2006 at 7:52 pm
[...] Once again, Jodi and I ran the Pumpkin Push (we also ran it last year). I had forgotten how huge the hill is in the middle of the course, so it caught me a bit by surprise! I ended up doing a bit worse in my time than I had done a few weeks ago at the Salmon Days run. [...]