7.6mi, 61:54

The Bats, "Courage"
George Sanger, defend mission background music from the games Wing Commander and Wing Commander 2

WX at 0700: 60 (16), DP 57 (14), BP 30.04 (1017), S 3, RH 87%

Odometer 1: 457.5mi

Z3 hard-Z4.
Resting heart rate before start = 53 (132/84)

Fuck me.
I stretch, I properly hydrate, I concentrate on mechanics, I bust my ass, and all I get is a fucking 61:54? Fuck.
To add insult to injury, a positive split and an over 20-minute 2.5 leg? Fuck.

More objectively speaking, the last few days of running trails on sand are probably catching up and I'm not sure if yesterday's walk-a-thon was actually a useful recovery day.

It's probably time to replace this pair of shoes, also. I usually don't keep track of individual shoe mileage, but it's a rare occurrence for me to go over 500 miles in a pair of shoes. They're good for about 6 months...and it's been more than that since I got them.

I was totally fucking spent by the time I hit the last uphill of the 2.5 leg.

Splits
1.5 11:51 11:51 07:54
2.1 29:30 17:39 08:24
1.5 41:37 12:07 08:05
2.5 61:54 20:17 08:07 08:07