Today is day 253 of the campaign.
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Erik Voeks, "Finger Painted Cat"
WX at 5 AM (9) Aug 02 114 (46) 41 (5) 29.47 (0998) N 14 RH 9
Odometer 14A: 206.5mi, as much walking as I've been doing here at CFLCCistan. Or more.
Z4, Z5 finish. Average/max heart rate = 151/163 first round, 161/172 second round.
Today was the first day working out at something near sea level. What I didn't count on was the fact that's it's fucking hot as balls today. Just like yesterday. I didn't realize how hot it was until I stepped into the gym and it wasn't very cool either. The first 5,000 was an exercise in discretion, since I set the erg for 15,000m at 110 drag factor in a fit of insouciance. I felt sufficiently shitty going into 5km that I stopped, looked to see if the gym had a GHD situp bench, which it didn't, and then decided to crank another 5km at a much, much higher drag factor of 140.
The times were pretty unimpressive, given that I'm about 5700 feet lower than I usually am. It's also almost 30F degrees hotter here than it is in Kabul, and that's probably the offset.
It's an indicator when I take my wet t-shirt outside to air it out and it's dry in about 5 minutes. Hot. As. Balls.
First Round Splits
Distance: 5000
Time: 21:54.2
Avg/500m: 02:11.4
Drag Factor: 110
Per Mile: 00:07:03
Second Round Splits
Distance: 5000
Time: 21:49.1
Avg/500m: 02:10.9
Drag Factor: 140
Per Mile: 00:07:01
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