Seattle Half

I was planning to go for the seattle full, but I dont think I'll be able to get my training upto par in just 5 weeks. I'm upto 21 miles this week (post Ramadan) already so I'm happy with the progress. This time I really want to break 2:00, although just my luck this course is going to be very very hilly. oh well, what goes up must come down.

Course map (click to open the pdf)

Elevation map (click to open the pdf)

Losing Muscle Mass ... fast

Ramadan is about 70% done and I've lost 3 pounds of muscle (definitely not fat!). Went for the saturday evening run with Sam/Laine/Eric/Larry and Fawad and boy did I feel it. The fact that it was 15 minutes post iftaar did not help.

I'd really like to get in on the Seattle Full marathon on Nov. 24th but unless I can regain my core strength I doubt I will be beating my stellar 5 hrs PR. Oh well lets see. I'll pretend I'm losing fat...

I'm thinking of writing to RW to find out more about running when you are fasting. Lets see...