Short shooting and the long run

After work, I finally made myself head up to the Kenmore Range to check into starting up my shooting training. I had been out to the Weapon's Safety range in Issaquah, but was told by several people, including Mike Jones (a former penathlete in the Seattle area that I run with on Wednesdays), that Kenmore was the place to train. I got some basic info on joining the range, as well as some good advice on buying my first air pistol from Bill. There is a shooting match tomorrow at 9:00am with some people shooting regular pistols and then the air pistol range is open to the public at noon. I plan on dropping in on both to start getting a feel for the whole shooting thing again. Although I shot rifle as a youngster, the pistol thing is all new to me. Bill said he would bring in one of his air pistols as well for me to take a look at. Didn't spend a lot of time at the range, but got loads of information to get started with.

Went for my first long run in quite a while, a 60 minute run this time (I'm adding 10 minutes each time to build up to a half and/or full marathon one of these days). The endurance runs are mainly to help get in better shape overall. They don't help with my pentathlon training directly since the run is only a 4K in pentathlon, but it cerainly helps build a better cardio base. Plus, they are just nice and relaxing as I generally do them along north along the Burke Gilman trail. The run felt great, especially after about 40 minutes or so. When I was training for triathlons I remember that the 40 minute mark was generally where I got in the 'zone' and could run forever it seemed. If only the pentathlon was an endurance race.