Seattle 12 Miler

Great 12 mile run this morning around Seattle.  I changed my Lake Union Loop Run up a lot to add not only miles but big hills as well.  Ran up around Capital Hill via Interlaken.  That hill is way larger going East than West.  From Interlaken I headed South along some street....(see link in the 1st sentence above) towards Cherry.  At Cherry I went West up yet another hill before topping out right above I-5.  The road down past I-5 into Downtown is basically a cliff....well ok it's not a cliff but pretty darn close.  If my knees had a fist they would have punched me in my face.  Once downtown I headed back North of 1st, but quickly turning onto Post Alley to run up into Pike Place Market.  After Pike Place Market I ran through the edge of Belltown towards the Space Needle then turning on Denny and the Westlake to bring me back to the Lake Union Loop to take me my final 3.5 miles back to my apartment. 

It was a nice change and I got to see parts of the city that I have not seen before.  The downtown portions of the run were really slow due to traffic lights...plus I stopped to take a few pics of the downtown scenery along the way for this post.  Enjoy and by the way....HAPPY NEW YEAR!



Look who's still camping out...oops I mean "Occupying Seattle" near city hall. 

Ran up through Post Alley to Pike Place Market past the infamous Seattle Gum Wall.

Pike Place Market.



Original Starbucks in Pike Place Market

View of Downtown from the edge of Pike Place Market.

View of the Puget Sound from Pike Place Market

Looking down towards the stadiums from Pike Place Market

SPACE NEEDLE!....oh and that's also the "Gray's Anatomy" hospital as well.

Space Needle close up