5.11mi, 46:33, 10 AUG 14, Springfield, Virginia

Today is day 261 of the campaign.

iThink:
The Lemonheads, "Tenderfoot"
Above and Beyond, "On A Good Day"

WX at 08:58 Calm 10.00 Fair CLR 72 67 83% NA NA 30.15 1021.3

Odometer 14A: 230.3mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = 158/175

My legs are feeling tired, I suspect because I haven't done anything that equates to hill work and as a result, I've been running effectively on a pool table for the last few months. The rowing I've been doing in the meantime hasn't really helped either.

Today was an experiment to see how I might feel, which was neither good nor bad. I'm frankly disappointed that most of what I can eke out is about 9:00/mi after living at altitude over the last few months, but I guess that means in the next few months I'll have to add some leg presses and other exercises for power rather than just endurance.

At the mileage I'm going, I should be able to get through these shoes before the end of the tour, so I have less to drag back. It'll be interesting how much is in my duffle bag coming back from leave rather than what I took home on leave that was not going back to theater.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:59 08:59 08:59 08:59 1.00
1.00 18:31 09:32 09:32 09:15 2.00
1.00 27:14 08:43 08:43 09:05 3.00
1.00 36:17 09:03 09:03 09:04 4.00
1.00 45:36 09:19 09:19 09:07 5.00
0.11 46:33 00:57 08:38 09:07 5.11