7.87mi, 70:21, 10 MAR 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 108 of the campaign.

iThink:
Neil Young and Pearl Jam, "Rockin' in the Free World" (Toronto, 2011)

WX at 7 AM (11) Mar 10 46 (8) 14 (-10) 30.00 (1016) NNE 8 RH 26

Odometer 14A: 43.4mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = 162/169

I've had today's iThink on infinite repeat today at work, if only because I have to get into the right mood to write about my current duties and current environment. Also, today's iThink is quite possibly the flat out angriest song I know, short of Metallica's "St. Anger."

I was thinking about rowing today, but realized it would've been criminal not to run with today's weather. I literally could not ask for better running weather than this, and I was going to make it worthwhile.

I'd returned to my old advice from my days of running high school cross-country - when you're building strength and endurance, the trick was to run "just slightly uncomfortable." I ran aerobic for the first two laps (about 0.85mi each), and then decided to pick it up to just slightly uncomfortable, or right around where I felt like I was going at anaerobic threshold pace/relative effort. But it was worth it, if the negative splits are any indicator.  I was running out of gas on the last lap, though.  Longest run I've done while I've been here.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:18 09:18 09:18 09:18 1.00
1.00 18:19 09:01 09:01 09:09 2.00
1.00 27:13 08:54 08:54 09:04 3.00
1.00 36:06 08:53 08:53 09:01 4.00
1.00 44:57 08:51 08:51 08:59 5.00
1.00 53:46 08:49 08:49 08:58 6.00
1.00 62:35 08:49 08:49 08:56 7.00
0.87 70:21 07:46 08:56 08:56 7.87