10,000m on Concept2 Model C, 42:51, 10 JAN 07, Fort Leavenworth KS

Keene Brothers, "When Other Fail"

WX at 1700: 52.0 (11.1) DP 25.0 (-3.9) BP 29.86 (1011) S 28G37 clear RH 35

Odometer 2: N/A

Z3.

The Concept is back at the gym. About damn time. Whoever got the two Fluid S350s bought two pieces o' crap. The first croaked when the LCD crapped out. It physically cracked on the inside. Oops. The second is toast because the LCD is totally nonresponsive. The computer on the Fluid is crap anyway.

Today marked a rare occasion, at least in a long while - I maxed out the resistance on the Concept and started cranking away. I started quick, about 2:04ish/500m pace, then slowed down to about 2:10/500m, tired down to about 2:15/500m for a little bit after the 5000m split, and finished at about 2:09ish/500m, leaving at the final split.

For a drag factor as high as 176, though, it wasn't so bad. I was gratified to hit 2000m in 8:19 and 3218m (2 miles) in 13:30.

The weather outside is a prime reason why I chickened out of running...and now that the Concept is back, and my abs and upper back need work (i.e., are sore), I might go back to cranking away on the Concept at max resistance at lunchtime or so. Maybe a quick 5000m might be okay, something I can slam out in 22 minutes or so.

I could possibly attribute some of my lull to the lean and smokingly hot, yet somewhat uncurvy runner on the dreadmill next to the Concept this afternoon. I noticed she was dreadmilling at 8.5mph...speeding up to finish at 10mph. For the uninitiated, that's 6:34/mi finishing to 6:00mi, over about 20 minutes. I remember being able to run that fast. Of course, that was 1993 and about 25 pounds ago. Actually, now that I think about it, the cheesecake factor in the gym today was astronomically high. Of course, all that was probably bait, and the standard Army math of "15 gets you 20 every time" usually applies.

More seriously, though, if I could be 160 pounds again, I'd be really happy, but that's not my default weight and for me to get back down to that weight would entail some ludicrously long and hard project like ultramarathon training or, more realistically, walking the Appalachian Trail in its entirety. I'd really like to do that someday, but I'm not sure how and when. No one in the immediate household is even remotely up to that task or will be in the forseeable future.

Splits
Distance: 10000
Time: 0:42:51
Per 500m: 02:09
Drag Factor : 176
Per Mile: 0:06:54