5.0mi, 45:17, 31 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink:
R.E.M., "Driver 8"
Let's Active, "Co-Star" (I have no idea where this blast from the past came from!)

WX at 0700: 71.1 (21.7) DP 66.0 (18.9) BP 29.86 (1011) SSE 9 RH 84

Odometer 11A: 362.7mi

Z3 start, Z4 steady state. Average/max heart rate = 155/175

It's a bad sign when I go to sleep and I think "I just went to sleep" when I hear my alarm going off.

The first mile on any given morning like that never goes well, but this morning felt particularly lugubrious. Oh well.

I have not thought of "Co-Star" by Let's Active, one of my favorite bands from my high school years, in a long, long time. That's a positive. My knees didn't hurt like hell when I finished running then, and I used to run a lot faster.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:14 09:14 09:14 09:14 1.00
1.00 18:05 08:51 08:51 09:02 2.00
1.00 27:19 09:14 09:14 09:06 3.00
1.00 36:21 09:02 09:02 09:05 4.00
1.00 45:17 08:56 08:56 09:03 5.00

Technology. Meh.

Note to self. Anchor tablet computer to something so I don't try to throw it out a window.

Playing with Household6's Motorola Xoom is pretty much a full-bore endorsement of never getting a tablet computer because trying to use it makes me want to kill people with my bare hands.

3.58mi, 35:54, 29 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: The Cure, "Grinding Halt"

WX at 0700: 64.0 (17.8) DP 60.1 (15.6) BP 29.93 (1013) ENE 10 RH 86

Odometer 11A: 357.7mi

Z2. Average/max heart rate = 139/158

I was completely up for nothing more than wogging and light sightseeing this morning. I took that charter in mind with nothing more significant than getting a Disney Channel cover of Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" out of my head.

It also led me to one of the most hilarious retorts I've seen to a music critic. Awesome.

Fixing on the Cure's "Grinding Halt," combined with the weather this morning (in spite of getting bit by a mosquito less than 30 seconds after walking out the door) made for a pleasant run.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 10:14 10:14 10:14 10:14 1.00
1.00 19:56 09:42 09:42 09:58 2.00
1.00 30:15 10:19 10:19 10:05 3.00
0.58 35:54 05:39 09:44 10:02 3.58

On the way, one last time

GEN(Ret) Donn A. Starry, widely regarded as one of the fathers of AirLand Battle, the doctrine that saw the US Army through the end of the Cold War, died this past Friday after a long fight with cancer.

If there is anyone to whom the U.S. Armored force owes its eternal debt and gratitude, it is him.

As a former armored cavalryman, I was among the inheritors of his legacy. Yet another reason to continue to pursue the dissertation.

The Coolest Thing Ever

"The Internet is a world-wide network of computers and websites and shit. It is the home of Google and Porn.

The Intranet, for all intents and purposes, is the "private internet" that can only be accessed by computers on the local area network. This is the home of almost everything you do that is work-related. Please stop using these two terms interchangeably, because you sound like a fucking dumbass and your ignorance grates on my very soul."

Hat tip badassoftheweek.com for one of the most hilarious reads about sitting in a meeting that causes a sensation akin to your nutsack getting turned into a speed bag.

Awesome

Jesus fucking airborne christ this made me laugh my ass off. Or to quote one of my favorite web comics, XKCD, "Science. It works, bitches."


Hat tip SMBC.

6.69mi, 60:29, 28 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink:
Above and Beyond feat. Oceanlab, "On A Good Day" (Daniel Kandi remix)
The Greenberry Woods, "Trampoline"

WX at 0900: 72.0 (22.2) 60.1 (15.6) 29.94 (1013) SE 7 RH 66

Odometer 11A: 353.1mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = 156/175

First day after two days of break. I needed it, but I had to be careful not to go too hard. The proof will be in tomorrow's run, if I do one.

A later start than I'd have liked, but the weather was cooperative.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:12 09:12 09:12 09:12 1.00
1.00 18:13 09:01 09:01 09:07 2.00
1.00 27:07 08:54 08:54 09:02 3.00
1.00 35:54 08:47 08:47 08:58 4.00
1.00 44:59 09:05 09:05 09:00 5.00
1.00 54:01 09:02 09:02 09:00 6.00
0.69 00:29 06:28 09:22 09:02 6.69

Egad

Even at my most cynical, this might even beat me in terms of the regret it communicates.

Hat tip SMBC.

5.15mi, 48:12, 25 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: Tommy Keene, "Running For Your Life"

WX at 0700: 60.1 (15.6) DP 55.0 (12.8) BP 30.06 (1017) NE 7 RH 83

Odometer 11A: 346.4mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 145/160

I couldn't pass up the weather (and after getting clean whitewalls yesterday at the barber shop since the heat index during the day has been 103 and 108 respectively the last two days) but the legs were largely unwilling.

The dead legs are back, I suspect from Tuesday's unexpectedly hard run. Oops. Probably not a good idea to run hard two days after a race when I don't have as much training base (certainly not for speed) as I'd like.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:32 09:32 09:32 09:32 1.00
1.00 18:49 09:17 09:17 09:24 2.00
1.00 28:07 09:18 09:18 09:22 3.00
1.00 37:46 09:39 09:39 09:26 4.00
1.00 46:53 09:07 09:07 09:23 5.00
0.15 48:12 01:19 08:47 09:22 5.15

5.0mi, 51:16, 24 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink:
James Horner, "Enterprise Attacks Reliant"
James Horner, "Stealing the Enterprise"

WX at 0700: 75.0 (23.9) DP 70.0 (21.1) BP 29.75 (1007) S 9 RH 84

Odometer 11A: 341.2mi

Z2. Average/max heart rate = 138/156

Wogging! After yesterday's hard run there was no other alternative. I'm chalking up the ST2/ST3 music to having watched a clip from Star Trek: The Motion Picture last night. Meh.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 10:24 10:24 10:24 10:24 1.00
1.00 20:30 10:06 10:06 10:15 2.00
1.00 31:02 10:32 10:32 10:21 3.00
1.00 41:08 10:06 10:06 10:17 4.00
1.00 51:16 10:08 10:08 10:15 5.00

4.6mi, 40:08, 23 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink:
James Dunne, "Doom, Episode 1, Mission 1" (a real speed metal cover of the background music from the first mission of the first episode of That Game)
Elvis Costello, "Everyday I Write the Book" (I have no idea where this came from.)

WX at 0700: 73.9 (23.3) DP 66.9 (19.4) BP 29.86 (1011) S 13 RH 78

Odometer 11A: 336.2mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = 155/172

I wanted to sleep in, but didn't. I didn't think I was going balls to the wall, but after running in sufficient numbers of people who were running about the same speed as me, I did, against my better judgment. Fortunately, I'd had two rest days, so I could afford this indiscretion.

That said, it felt good to burn people on the run. I am totally at peace with my schadenfreude.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:02 09:02 09:02 09:02 1.00
1.00 17:34 08:32 08:32 08:47 2.00
1.00 26:23 08:49 08:49 08:48 3.00
1.00 34:53 08:30 08:30 08:43 4.00
0.60 40:08 05:15 08:45 08:43 4.60

Oh, dude.

An Apple store deep, deep, deep in the heart of China. Except it's completely fake. Intellectual property rights, anyone?

5.77mi, 49:11, 20 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink:
Axis of Awesome, "Four Chord Song"
Above and Beyond feat. Oceanlab, "On A Good Day" (Daniel Kandi remix)
Survivor, "Eye of the Tiger"

WX at 0800: 70.0 (21.1) DP 64.9 (18.3) BP 29.93 (1013) SSE 8 RH 84

Odometer 11A: 331.6mi

Z3 warmup, Z4 high race, Z3 return. Average/max heart rate = 160/185

Today was a free road race, billed as 3 miles or 5k, although the distance itself wasn't that important. Today was Fort Leavenworth's contribution to the Run for the Fallen, a memorial run series to memorialize American servicemembers killed in action in Operations IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM, and while the literature doesn't say it, NEW DAWN as well.

The Survivor song was playing at the start of the race portion. That's an old standby of many a formation run at Fort Bragg, but unfortunately, my attempts to dislodge that earwig were totally unsuccessful, and I ran the entire 3.3mi of the race with Survivor in the back of my head.

I have to admit this was faster than I expected. I was running an out and back course that had a brief uphill start, and then went mostly downhill out, which might explain why I was holding down under 8:00/mi the first mile, and running all positive splits afterwards. I did have a finish, but I was kicking to finish at full speed at the end - which might explain the substantially increased speed (6:03/mi) at the end.

I can take tomorrow off - and probably should after three days of over 5 each, the last done generally as a time trial.

For the record, I memorialized MAJ Brian Mescall and SFC Gary Vasquez. Of the 187 men and women who died in the execution of the last campaign plan I wrote, they were the two most personal names on that list to me.

Brian was the deputy commander of TF ZABUL, out of FOB Lagman, Zabul Province, Afghanistan when he was killed by an IED in January 2009. I had talked at length with him on a secure phone a few weeks prior to that about some things that were relevant to his unit and how they related to the execution of operational art and strategy for CJTF-101, since he was representing a generally independent unit under Romanian command. I very much would have liked to have met him in person. He was killed before I had that chance.

Gary was one of my former soldiers when I commanded a cavalry troop in the 82d Airborne Division. He had gone on to Special Forces, but I remember Gary as the guy we sent to Ranger School and didn't see for another 6 months because he would not quit. He eventually graduated with the tab he so richly deserved. He was killed on a combat recce patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in late September 2008.

To quote my friend Rico Alvarez, "Asi como nos recordamos cada ano, no son muertos. Viven en nos memoria." My Spanish isn't very good, but Google Translate says something along the lines of "So as we remember each year, they are not dead. They live in our memory."

So say we all.

Warmup (2.0mi@18:12)
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:07 09:07 09:07 09:07 1.00
1.00 18:12 09:05 09:05 09:06 2.00

Race (3.3mi@26:27)
1.00 26:03 07:51 07:51 08:41 3.00
1.00 34:03 08:00 08:00 08:31 4.00
1.00 42:24 08:21 08:21 08:29 5.00
0.30 44:39 02:15 07:30 08:25 5.30

Return (0.47mi@4:32)
0.47 49:11 04:32 09:39 08:31 5.77

A public service announcement

No, I don't know where this came from.

This is obviously a roadsign from the Island of Awesome.

5.96mi, 53:41, 19 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink:
Above and Beyond feat. Oceanlab, "On A Good Day" (Daniel Kandi remixe)
Velocity Girl, "Labrador"

WX at 0700: 64.9 (18.3) DP 64.0 (17.8) BP 29.85 (1010) NNE 10 RH 96

Odometer 11A: 325.9mi

Z3 high. Average/max heart rate = 153/175

I wasn't expecting to go 6, but I felt okay after warming up, and the weather was pleasant if a bit humid, so I did a repeat of yesterday's run, mostly. I may regret it later, but this gives me a little latitude to sleep in tomorrow, maybe.

Today's times were actually on the average faster than yesterday's in terms of running slightly faster splits in areas where I traditionally don't. Of course, the weather probably had something to do with it also (and the maelstrom of hailstones that dropped last night).

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:14 09:14 09:14 09:14 1.00
1.00 18:04 08:50 08:50 09:02 2.00
1.00 27:11 09:07 09:07 09:04 3.00
1.00 36:04 08:53 08:53 09:01 4.00
1.00 44:58 08:54 08:54 09:00 5.00
0.96 53:41 08:43 09:05 09:00 5.96

6.11mi, 54:48, 18 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: Above and Beyond feat. Oceanlab, "On A Good Day" (Daniel Kandi remix)

WX at 0700: 71.1 (21.7) DP 69.1 (20.6) BP 30.02 (1016) SE 3 mist RH 93

Odometer 11A: 319.9mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = 152/172

"Waltzing Matilda" (as in the snippet from Axis of Awesome's "Four Chord Song") would not get out of my head until I forced it out. Bizarre.

Today started out slow, but after the first half hour, I felt pleasant. It was much more humid than I normally like but by the last two miles I was fully geared up, so it was a productive run.

Now I can justify eating a gigantic lunch, because I can.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:29 09:29 09:29 09:29 1.00
1.00 18:37 09:08 09:08 09:18 2.00
1.00 27:10 08:33 08:33 09:03 3.00
1.00 36:24 09:14 09:14 09:06 4.00
1.00 45:16 08:52 08:52 09:03 5.00
1.00 53:47 08:31 08:31 08:58 6.00
0.11 54:48 01:01 09:15 08:58 6.11

3.88mi, 37:03, 16 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: Axis of Awesome, "Four Chord Song"

WX at 0700: 69.1 (20.6) 63.0 (17.2) 29.88 (1011) ESE 12

Odometer 11A: 313.8mi

Z3 low. Average/max heart rate = 145/177

For feeling as tired as I do right now, I felt surprisingly fine this morning once I was out the door. Of course, I wasn't going to do anything ambitious, so I didn't.

I'll milk the overcast and lower temperatures as long as I can get away with it. Woot. That, and I run so little that any mileage is not really junk mileage because it's not a day of "do nothing but eat."

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:37 09:37 09:37 09:37 1.00
1.00 19:13 09:36 09:36 09:36 2.00
1.00 29:02 09:49 09:49 09:41 3.00
0.88 37:03 08:01 09:07 09:33 3.88

3.9mi, 39:06, 15 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: Dos Gringos, "Going In For Guns"

WX at 0700: 64.9 (18.3) DP 63.0 (17.2) BP 30.04 (1017) NW 6 RH 93 rain

Odometer 11A: 310.9mi

Z2. Average/max heart rate = 140/166

Beware the ides of August. Or something. Because there might be rain. And it might be awesome.

Today was going to be slow after yesterday's hard run, and the rain (neither light, nor heavy) was a great way to start it out. Slow recovery run in rain works for me.

That said, I have no idea why this morning's iThink was an oldie but goodie, as far as running mantras go.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 10:12 10:12 10:12 10:12 1.00
1.00 19:50 09:38 09:38 09:55 2.00
1.00 30:11 10:21 10:21 10:04 3.00
0.90 39:06 08:55 09:54 10:02 3.90

6.82mi, 60:58, 14 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: ‪Deep Forest With Peter Gabriel, "While The Earth Sleeps(Junior Vasquez Mix)‬‏"

WX at 0800: 66.0 (18.9) DP 62.1 (16.7) BP 30.1 (1019) N 5 RH 87

Odometer 11A: 307.0mi

Z3-Z4. Average/max heart rate = 156/173

I slept in yesterday, missing agood day of weather, but couldn't pass up running today. Gritty start at first as usual, but the last lap felt pretty good, as I was fully warmed up and in the in-between period between fully charged up and out of gas.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:58 08:58 08:58 08:58 1.00
1.00 17:55 08:57 08:57 08:58 2.00
1.00 27:04 09:09 09:09 09:01 3.00
1.00 35:48 08:44 08:44 08:57 4.00
1.00 44:43 08:55 08:55 08:57 5.00
1.00 53:25 08:42 08:42 08:54 6.00
0.82 00:58 07:33 09:12 08:56 6.82

4.6mi, 42:14, 12 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: ‪Deep Forest With Peter Gabriel, "While The Earth Sleeps(Junior Vasquez Mix)‬‏"
‪
WX at 0700: 66.9 (19.4) DP 66.0 (18.9) BP 29.91 (1012) ESE 9 RH 96

Odometer 11A: 300.2mi

Z3 high. Average/max heart rate = 152/178

Almost slept in, glad I didn't after mile 3. Up to mile 3, not so glad. At least the weather was okay. It was right after a rainstorm and a bit humid.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:25 09:25 09:25 09:25 1.00
1.00 18:45 09:20 09:20 09:22 2.00
1.00 28:00 09:15 09:15 09:20 3.00
1.00 36:51 08:51 08:51 09:13 4.00
0.60 42:14 05:23 08:58 09:11 4.60

6.0mi, 52:56, 10 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: Journey, "Only The Young"

WX at 0700: 68.0 (20.0) DP 57.9 (14.4) BP 29.92 (1013) ESE 8 RH 70

Odometer 11A: 295.6mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = 158/179

Hard run, under overcast cooler weather, but my legs are still tired. Today started out rough and finished out rough. Will need to go at a more moderate level of effort over the next few days.

I might venture that I went out too fast because the last mile was slower than usual - the third mile is mostly uphill and it was a painful grind.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:27 08:27 08:27 08:27 1.00
1.00 16:58 08:31 08:31 08:29 2.00
1.00 25:47 08:49 08:49 08:36 3.00
1.00 35:00 09:13 09:13 08:45 4.00
1.00 43:57 08:57 08:57 08:47 5.00
1.00 52:56 08:59 08:59 08:49 6.00

Dirty dirty dirty

That is the only thing that comes to mind when I see this video. I need to scrub with a wire brush, I feel so dirty. Dirtydirtydirtydirtydirtydirtydirty.

3.90mi, 37:32, 9 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: Above and Beyond feat. Oceanlab, "On A Good Day"

WX at 0700: 69 (21) DP 69 (21) BP 29.86 (1011) WNW 5 mist RH 100

Odometer 11A: 289.6mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 150/181

A pretty nice day for it being late summer, and another easy run. Tomorrow is supposed to be cooler, so I will go hard then.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:39 09:39 09:39 09:39 1.00
1.00 18:45 09:06 09:06 09:22 2.00
1.00 28:52 10:07 10:07 09:37 3.00
0.90 37:32 08:40 09:38 09:37 3.90

3.9mi, 38:12, 8 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: Archers of Loaf, "Backwash"

WX at 0700: 73 (23) DP 66 (19) BP 29.86 (1011) NW 10 RH 78 light rain

Odometer 11A: 285.7mi

Z2/Z3. Average/max heart rate = 146/166

Slow, but deliberately slow after yesterday's 7-mile run. I didn't want to overachieve, so I didn't. This felt about right for a recovery run, if only because I was pretty sure of what would happen if I ran hard two days in a row.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:50 09:50 09:50 09:50 1.00
1.00 19:12 09:22 09:22 09:36 2.00
1.00 29:20 10:08 10:08 09:47 3.00
0.90 38:12 08:52 09:51 09:48 3.90

7.0mi, 65:55, 7 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink:
Body Count, "Killing Floor"
Body Count, "Cop Killer"

WX at 1700: 80.1 (26.7) DP 68.0 (20.0) BP 29.81 (1009) SSE 6 RH 67
WX at 1600: 75.9 (24.4) DP 69.1 (20.6) BP 29.76 (1007) E 18 RH 80

Odometer 11A: 281.8mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = 156/178

Late start, hoping to catch a break after this afternoon's brief thunderstorm, but the sun came back out and it got hot in a great big hurry.

I hate running in the sun.

After reading about religious faiths, Body Count was the only iThink choice. No other alternative.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:02 09:02 09:02 09:02 1.00
1.00 18:23 09:21 09:21 09:11 2.00
1.00 28:00 09:37 09:37 09:20 3.00
1.00 37:36 09:36 09:36 09:24 4.00
1.00 46:57 09:21 09:21 09:23 5.00
1.00 56:35 09:38 09:38 09:26 6.00
1.00 05:55 09:20 09:20 09:25 7.00

3.27mi, 33:34, 6 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink:
Circle Jerks, "Wasted"
Kitchens of Distinction, "Smiling"

WX at 0900: 79.0 (26.1) DP 75.0 (23.9) BP 29.88 (1011) Calm RH 87

Odometer 11A: 274.8mi

Z2. Average/max heart rate = 144/163

Easy run, but I was pretty beat. It was somewhat humid, but thankfully overcast. Today was deliberately slow and involved wogging after yesterday's hard run.

This exercise of discretion should pay off. I hope.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:39 09:39 09:39 09:39 1.00
1.00 20:36 10:57 10:57 10:18 2.00
1.00 30:48 10:12 10:12 10:16 3.00
0.27 33:34 02:46 10:15 10:16 3.27

6.01mi, 53:46, 5 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: The Mayflies USA, "The Apple"

WX at 0700: 75.9 (24.4) DP 72.0 (22.2) BP 29.88 (1011) NNE 5 RH 87

Odometer 11A: 271.5mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = 159/178

Hard run, faster than usual, first since Tuesday. I don't want to go back to old habits (as was the case last year and earlier this year) because I have crap time management skills, but I was in the "run or else" mode this morning because I didn't think I could afford yet another day of Do Nothing But Eat.

Today was dark. And overcast. And therefore awesome. There might even be thunderstorms today. Bring it on.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:55 08:55 08:55 08:55 1.00
1.00 17:25 08:30 08:30 08:43 2.00
1.00 26:18 08:53 08:53 08:46 3.00
1.00 35:37 09:19 09:19 08:54 4.00
1.00 44:32 08:55 08:55 08:54 5.00
1.01 53:46 09:14 09:09 08:57 6.01

Come to the Dark Side. We have cookies.

Oh. Hell. Yeah.

Leadership. Dig it.

I am not a Floridian, nor am I a Republican, and I am absolutely not an Xtian, but I sure hope Senator Rubio puts his money where his mouth is. There is hope for the future.

I have been there...

About five years ago I had occasion to run my first and only ultramarathon, at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq. It was not by design, but by the general incompetence of the person who was putting together the race itself.

By the time I had hit the 20-mile mark, knowing the distances were about 55 shades of fucked up beyond all recognition, I was pretty much right along the sentiment described in the picture, which appears in The Oatmeal about the comic author's ultramarathon experience.

This is a different kind of art, probably not so public. I would totally buy a t-shirt that said this, were it not for the fact that it would be unwearable at home (my kids) and outside (standards of professional conduct). That's a shame, because it's so fucking dead on.

Why public art is important

As The Secret Life of Swimmers can show, public art edifies you in ways you don't expect.

Yes, I am glad I grew up around the visual and performing arts.

Oh, dude.

I find Imperial Death Star chicks curiously compelling.

That would also be the reaction known as "oh."

Miss Death Star. Oh.

3.33mi, 30:03, 2 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: Above and Beyond feat. Oceanlab, "On A Good Day"

WX at 0700: 80.1 (26.7) DP 69.1 (20.6) BP 29.84 (1010) S 10 RH 69

Odometer 11A: 265.5mi

Z3 first mile, Z4 everything else. Average/max heart rate = 154/174

I almost slept in. I was gratified to get out there since I was expecting it to really suck monkey balls, but the relative humidity was low enough where it was actually not that bad. Surprising. Also surprising was my sustained effort past mile 1 since I wasn't intending on making this a harder run, but I knew I had to go short since I had to get a few things done beforehand.

It's been rare lately for me to run all negative splits.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:23 09:23 09:23 09:23 1.00
1.00 18:29 09:06 09:06 09:15 2.00
1.00 27:17 08:48 08:48 09:06 3.00
0.33 30:03 02:46 08:23 09:01 3.33

5.1mi, 48:17, 1 AUG 11, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink:
Above and Beyond feat. Oceanlab, "On A Good Day" (Daniel Kandi and Metropolis remixes)

WX at 0600: 75.0 (23.9) DP 73.0 (22.8) BP 30.02 (1016) SSE 6 RH 93

Odometer 11A: 262.2mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 151/169

I felt remarkably blah today for having skipped yesterday (and it was a missed opportunity). At least I started early enough where I beat the sunrise. The humidity, on the other hand, was markedly higher this morning, so I'm sure that was a factor.

I don't have dead legs, yet (which is a promising sign) but I didn't feel particularly hale either this morning.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:27 09:27 09:27 09:27 1.00
1.00 18:45 09:18 09:18 09:22 2.00
1.00 28:28 09:43 09:43 09:29 3.00
1.00 38:12 09:44 09:44 09:33 4.00
1.00 47:23 09:11 09:11 09:29 5.00
0.10 48:17 00:54 09:00 09:28 5.10