Thursday, February 20, 2014

8,000m on Concept2 Model D, 34:49.3, 20 FEB 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 90 of the campaign.

iThink: a hodgepodge of the following:
Aly & AJ, "Slow Down"
Aly & AJ, "Speak for Myself"
Bear McCreary, "Storming New Caprica"

WX at 4 AM (9) Feb 20     41 (5)     33 (1)     30.12 (1020)     N 7 RH 75

Odometer 14A: 26.5mi equivalency

Z3 start, Z4 mostly, Z5 finish.  Average/max heart rate = 162/175

This was a sizeable improvement from two days ago.  Work was sufficiently bad where I didn't get anything in yesterday, but I couldn't afford two days off in a row this week.  The other thing I didn't do this time that I did two days ago was do 2x15 GHD situps.  I saved those for afterwards.  I had to stop through the second set as I was approaching muscle failure and I knew I was hosed if I couldn't get back up, so I stopped.

I'm not sure why I was so gratified to see something that resembled a GHD bench, but there is no way I could justify the expense of one.  After I get back from here, maybe a Concept2 is in the offing, but definitely not a GHD bench for relative utility.

Splits
Distance:    8000
Time:    34:49.3
Avg/500m:    02:10.6
Drag Factor:    103
Per Mile:    00:07:00

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