7.6mi, 62:31

The Innocence Mission, "Mercy"
Anthrax, "I Am The Law"
The Northern Pikes, "Wait For Me"
Philip Glass, end titles to Hamburger Hill

WX at 0700: 62 (17), DP 62 (17), BP 29.91 (1012), winds SE 3, light drizzle; mist, RH 100%

Odometer 1: 188.5mi

Z3. Much harder effort from legs, but upper body was all Z3.

Today was slow. I realized that when I was hoofing it to get a pathetically slow 12:11 split at the 1.5 mark. My legs were tired-- really tired, which makes me wonder how much recovery time is really needed after a long run like 10. My lungs and heart felt fine. The hard part was getting effort going uphill in any way. I won't be doing anything in the next two days, so I'll have some enforced break. Whether that translates into rested legs remains to be seen. I realized I had actually had a lot for which to be thankful, hence the last running mantra. I don't have to carry 210 rounds of ball for a selective fire security blanket with extensible stock or have to wear Interceptor Body Armor when I go to work. There are a lot of my nominal coworkers who do. Today.

I probably need to slow down on the eating. I'm starting to get dumpy again, in spite of my mileage.

Splits
1.5 12:11 12:11 08:07
2.1 29:53 17:42 08:26
1.5 42:13 12:20 08:13
2.5 62:31 20:18 08:07 08:12