I thought I’d switched my interval target to cadence instead of pace. I hadn’t. Much of the trail was soft sand or mud — there’s no way I could make my target pace.

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I brought along a trash bag to carry out trash I found along the trail. Fortunately, I found another bag along the way. I dumped the stuff the non-recyclable stuff at the Chamna parking lot. I still had so much stuff I decided to walk instead of run back to the truck.

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I’m happy with this workout. It’s been a lazy week because I’ve been tending to a cat wearing a Cone of Doom. 😿 I pushed myself during this run, and the pace shows it. The Deception Pass half marathon is in three weeks, and my body is unprepared for the elevation gain & loss on that course. I’m hopeful I can beat the cut-offs, though.

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The road on the south side of the canal still has a bit of snow and it has a lot of mud – sticky, soupy mud. The road on the north side is drier, and in places I could see my tracks from last Friday.

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This monster rock is an erratic, deposited there by an Ice Age flood. It sits atop a 3000′ ridge.

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The snowshoeing didn’t seem like enough work for a “long run” day, so I added a run. Almost all of the trails were snow-covered, hence my pokey pace.

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I’m kinda weary of running on snow, but I need to get in as much hill work as possible over the next month, and right now that means running on snow. On the plus side, it made the cliffs on the east bank of the Columbia River really stand out. (This view is of Candy and Rattlesnake Mountains.)

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I couldn’t bear the thought of doing another interval workout on snow. Did my best to adapt the planned workout to an elliptical (all the treadmills were in use).

Yay! Another slow, snowy not-run. It was mostly snowy, partially muddy, and even if I’d run it I wouldn’t have been much faster. My friend Julie was walking, so I hung out with her & we swapped stories for a few hours. All in all, a great workout!

Thursday’s workout was supposed to be 1K intervals at my half-marathon pace. Because the HM I’m training for is really hilly I figured I’d switch that to hill work instead, focusing on 1K intervals based on cadence instead of pace.

BA HA HA. Yeah no.

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