There are actually some potential serious delays up on the Washington side. Maybe not on weekends, but it's good to plan your trip. Let me see if I can find that email.

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/i5/tumwaterblvdgravellylkdrpaving/

September 2014

Avoid I-5 through Olympia during the weekend of Sept. 19.
Concerned about your Friday morning commute? Here is what to expect.
See the Olympic Region Weekly Construction and Traffic Update report for current impacts to traffic.
During the weekend of Sept. 19, drivers can expect possible major traffic impacts while construction crews replace a bridge expansion joint on Interstate 5 in Olympia. The work involves numerous day and night lane and ramp closures on I-5 and US 101. The work could create extensive traffic congestion on northbound and southbound I-5 and on US 101 approaching I-5.

Well crap.  I guess I will trust the Google to get me around that mess.

It's an obstacle race now.

Slept like a total Baboon last night - must've been 9.5-10 hours, probably a record for me. Woke up at 6:45, then went back to sleep till 8:30. Cannot remember the last time I slept that late. However it didn't seem to help my running -- 11 easy miles, felt kind of sluggish. Some of my best runs have actually been on very little sleep.

Anyway, the big news is I hit 2000 miles for the year. Yay me.

 

Is it today? You kind of confused me this past week. Happy birthday Damaris! How old (or young) does that make you? Or are you the kind of lady who keeps that information to herself?

39. Thanks!

Great 21, Phil!  I cannot wait to see what you can do on the race!  Are you racing the TOT or just running it for fun?

39.

Easily my most favorite decade of life!  Not that the 40's have not been a blast but let's face; you're in your 40's.  lol

Happy Birthday D -- Enjoys those martinis

Fantastic job on the 21 miler Baboon.  It seems like you're firing on all cylinders right now.

I've got 11 easy miles on tap for this afternoon.

Cyberic, DaveP, LRB, Docket, ootb, Ric-G, thanks for the props!  Feeling really good about that run, especially since it's at the end of a 72 mile week (high for the year) and 86 miles the last 8 days.  I'm psyched to run that well on top of that workload.  45 degree temps helped!

DaveP, congrats on cracking 2000 for the year!  FFS I am 25 miles behind you with an SRD tomorrow.  *sigh*

Docket, I haven't really decided how I'm going to run TOT.  I think at the very least I'll run it at GMP, though racing it all out is tempting.  Looking at prior year results, I think I have a shot to place in my AG if I race it.

LRB, thanks!  I've never had a LR where I've gotten that close to GMP, let alone get within 10 seconds of the pace the last 6 of 7 miles.  I didn't know I had that in me.  I could have pushed it harder but I wasn't racing today.  Seems like most LR's are done 60-90 seconds sower than MP, so I don't know what this effort says about where I am.  I guess I'll just stay the course.

Wife and I are headed to the movies tonight to the The Maze Runner.