Waterfront cherry blossom shakeout

Look how I started my Friday!

After work, I went downtown to exchange my race shirt at the Shamrock expo. Last year's injury forced me to skip running with the waterfront cherry blossoms. I took advantage of being in Portland on a 70-degree afternoon and went for an easy pre-race shakeout run.

There they are! 

I ran one lap, just under 3 miles. Perfect!

I made a quick stop at the car to grab my stuff and then walked back down the Eastbank Esplanade to the race expo at the convention center.

In all, 5.67 miles of walking and running on an unseasonably warm afternoon.

:)