Centennial Trail

A favorite amongst cyclist and runners alike.  This is a paved trail that runs from Arlington to Snohomish.  There is another paved section that runs North of Arlington to Bryant that I have never been on.  But I have run, in sections, the entire trail at one point or another.  My first ever "long run" was a ten miler on the trail between Machias and North Marysville.  This was about 2 years ago and I was so un-prepared for it physically I lost my toe nails as a results.  Well today I completed another check mark toward my training.  I ran the trail in its entirety, starting at the south end (Pine and Maple in Snohonish) and completed the run at the 67th avenue trailhead in North Arlington.  The trail is 17.37 miles according to my RunKeeper app.  This isn't the longest run as I completed 20.13 miles last week however about 2/3 incline.  The elevation change was 513 feet.  I feel the soreness in my legs, it's taken me a couple of hours to recover from this run ... So pretty sure I had a good workout !

At the start in Snohomish there were a lot of cyclist.  I wasn't very surprised as Snohomish is a great little city to bike through so there are always cyclists there but turns out that these cyclists were part of the RSVP (Ride from Seattle to Vancouver, BC and Party) ...

The greatest little surprise today was a lemonade stand at milepost 14 under the 108th Street bridge, manned by a couple of very enterprising young girls ... There lemonade was the perfect blend of sourness and sweetness to get me to the end of the run.  The had setup a sign about 500 feet away from the bridge on the northbound and southbound of the trail.

Centennial trail:

17.37 miles

2:58:11

10:15 min/miles