5.55mi, 53:39, 30 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 342 of the campaign.

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

WX at 6 AM (10) Oct 30 60 (16) 24 (-4) 30.12 (1020) NE 5

Odometer 14B: 113.1mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 146/155

Five laps of wogging. I was sore today, so discretion is the better part of valor. Tomorrow is going to be a day off, but it will involve some wall ball and throwing the rock around.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
5.55 53:39 53:39 09:40 09:40 5.55

4.44mi, 43:35, 29 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 341 of the campaign.

iThink:
Above and Beyond feat. Oceanlab, "On A Good Day" (Jer Martin remix)
Neko Case, "This Tornado Loves You"

WX at 6 AM (10) Oct 29 60 (16) 35 (2) 30.12 (1020) NNW 12 RH 38

Odometer 14A: 403.6mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 148/155

50/40/40/30 pushups, 50/45/40/35 situps, 25/25/25/25 flutter kick, 4x15@290 leg press.

Probably not the recovery run it should be, but certainly an exercise in forcing myself to get at it after a PT test. The usual workout, followed by the usual easy run to work both strength and endurance. But my legs should feel beat after what I did yesterday and today. Tomorrow needs to be easy.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 10:45 10:45 ----- ----- 1.00
0.11 10:57 00:13 09:52 09:52 1.11
1.00 21:20 10:22 ----- ----- 2.11
0.11 21:48 00:28 09:46 09:49 2.22
1.00 32:23 10:35 ----- ----- 3.22
0.11 32:37 00:14 09:45 09:48 3.33
1.00 43:11 10:34 ----- ----- 4.33
0.11 43:35 00:24 09:53 09:49 4.44

8.0mi, 69:35, 28 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 340 of the campaign.

iThink:
Neko Case, "This Tornado Loves You"
Neko Case, "Madonna of the Wasps"
Dum Dum Girls, "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"

WX at 6 AM (10) Oct 28 68 (20) 24 (-4) 30.06 (1018) WNW 12 RH 19

Odometer 14A: 399.0mi

Z3 high-Z4. Average/max heart rate = 156/164

I wasn't sure how I was going to feel today after yesterday's PT test run. Surprisingly, the first lap was kind of quick, a little premature jackrabbiting after yesterday. The pace became more deliberate and I thought today was a good run, but I was trying to offset taking the last four days off before yesterday. Back to the grind and I need to continue lifting so I can maintain strength and/or speed. But today was all endurance, and it was done at about anaerobic threshold or just above...but I have definitely gotten faster since I've been here.

I have no good explanation for the festival of alt-chick rock on today's run other than that the opening of Neko Case's "This Tornado Loves You" is a really, really powerful earworm.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:57 08:57 ----- 08:57 1.00
0.11 09:23 00:26 08:27 08:27 1.11
1.00 18:39 09:16 ----- 08:50 2.11
0.11 18:55 00:16 08:36 08:31 2.22
1.00 28:07 09:12 ----- 08:44 3.22
0.11 28:25 00:18 08:34 08:32 3.33
1.00 37:44 09:19 ----- 08:43 4.33
0.11 37:56 00:12 08:34 08:33 4.44
1.00 47:04 09:08 ----- 08:39 5.44
0.11 47:30 00:25 08:37 08:33 5.55
1.00 56:49 09:20 ----- 08:41 6.55
0.11 57:10 00:21 08:43 08:35 6.66
1.00 06:21 09:11 ----- 08:40 7.66
0.11 06:43 00:22 08:36 08:35 7.77
0.23 09:34 02:52 ----- 08:42 8.00 recovery leg

Record APFT, 300 points, 27 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 339 of the campaign.

iThink: Journey, "Only the Young" (which I most certainly am not anymore)
The Reputation, "The Stars of Amateur Hour"

WX at 10 AM (14) Oct 27 57 (14) 39 (4) 30.21 (1023) N 22G36 light rain showers

Odometer 14B: 107.5mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = no reading

70 pushups, 75 situps, 13:59 or so run. Today reaped 5 days of doing nothing but eating. That's good, because this was the first PT test in literally over a year, and it marked some of the gustiest weather I've seen in a while.   Thus, it was a recipe for all kinds of Death by Misfortune on the PT test. I'm just glad I have it over with.

I guess I should continue to do squats and leg presses while I have the opportunity.  I attribute some of my additional speed to that regimen.  The pushups and situps were their usual, so I was in good shape on those.

I'll take another PT test when I get back into CONUS, but that's so I can see how I'll do at sea level rather than at almost 6,000 feet.

5.55mi, 35:51+11:51, 22 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 334 of the campaign.

iThink:
mewithoutyou, "January 1979"
Above and Beyond feat. Oceanlab, "On A Good Day" (Jer Martin remix) on cooldown lap

WX at Noon (16) Oct 22 60 (16) 41 (5) 30.24 (1024) S 1 RH 47

Odometer 14A: 391.0mi

Z4-Z5. Average/max heart rate = 156/175 which is misleading considering the actual pace of the first four laps.

50/40/30 pushups, 50/40/30 situps, 25/25/25 flutter kicks.

Light gym work, longer break = fast run. I ran at what I considered to be well inside the anaerobic zone, to see how far I could push it. I will start tapering in earnest for the PT test, then go back to working power and strength plus LSD after the test so I can take another right after I get back to the United States.

My circadian rhythms are trashed from work.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:47 08:47 ----- 08:47 1.00
0.11 09:20 00:33 08:24 08:24 1.11
1.00 17:54 08:34 ----- 08:29 2.11
0.11 18:22 00:29 08:09 08:17 2.22
1.00 26:49 08:27 ----- 08:20 3.22
0.11 27:21 00:32 08:05 08:13 3.33
1.00 35:29 08:08 ----- 08:12 4.33
0.11 35:52 00:24 07:41 08:05 4.44
1.00 47:09 11:17 ----- 08:40 5.44
0.11 47:43 00:34 10:40 08:36 5.55

3.33mi, 29:35, 21 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 333 of the campaign.

iThink:
Tommy Keene, "Running For Your Life"

WX at 5 AM (9) Oct 21 75 (24) 28 (-2) 30.24 (1024) SW 6 RH 17

Odometer 14A: 385.4mi

Z3 high-Z4. Average/max heart rate = 153/164

Short run, late start. 50/45/40/35 pushups, 50/45/40 situps, nothing else. I have a meeting in 45 minutes, so I have to move fast. With the reduced gym workout, the recovery was still somewhat painful but at least markedly quicker than usual. Still, today didn't feel so great because my circadian rhythms are all akilter and work has been nucking futs. At last the last lap felt somewhat okay, if uncomfortable for pacing. I need to run faster.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:18 09:18 ----- 09:18 1.00
0.11 10:09 00:51 09:09 09:09 1.11
1.00 19:49 09:39 ----- 09:23 2.11
0.11 20:03 00:15 08:55 09:02 2.22
1.00 29:22 09:19 ----- 09:07 3.22
0.11 29:35 00:13 08:35 08:53 3.33

4.44mi, 39:49, 19 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 331 of the campaign.

iThink:
New Model Army, "Running in the Rain"

WX at 7 AM (11) Oct 19 60 (16) 42 (6) 30.15 (1021) SSE 3 light rain showers RH 51

Odometer 14A: 382.1mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 146/154

Probably what should've been a recovery run, but I ran it at anaerobic threshold pace almost the entire way through. Good for pacing, probably not good for recovery. I guess I should be happy to run 9:00/mi on an easier day.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:14 09:14 ----- 09:14 1.00
0.11 09:55 00:41 08:56 08:56 1.11
1.00 19:41 09:46 ----- 09:20 2.11
0.11 19:57 00:17 09:03 08:59 2.22
1.00 29:26 09:28 ----- 09:08 3.22
0.11 29:54 00:29 08:58 08:59 3.33
1.00 39:16 09:21 ----- 09:04 4.33
0.11 39:49 00:34 08:56 08:58 4.44

6.66mi, 60:02, 18 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 330 of the campaign.

iThink:
Teddybears feat. Iggy Pop, "Punkrocker"
Iron Maiden, "Aces High"

WX at 6 AM (10) Oct 18 66 (19) 30 (-1) 30.15 (1021) NNW 14 RH 25

Odometer 14B: 105.0mi

Z3 mostly, Z4 last half. Average/max heart rate = 149/162

50/45/40/35 pushups, getting stronger. 50/45/40/35 situps interspersed with 25/25/25/25 flutter kicks. 4x15@290 leg presses.

I woke up early, because I was supposed to meet up with someone to go train some folks. I didn't make linkup, and after walking over the compound, I found out they took an exit from the compound I had never even known existed. I was on slow fucking simmer all goddamn morning, so I knew I was going to boot lunch and go work out. I debated whether I wanted to run a 666 run after lifting, but I was so fucking incensed this morning at my failure to make linkup that I knew I was going to do it by the 3-mile mark. I felt good enough, and just plain angry enough, where I was going to slam out 6.66, my favorite mileage distance. Taking the last two days off (minus some wall-ball last night) was also a factor.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 10:21 10:21 ----- 10:21 1.00
0.11 10:55 00:34 09:50 09:50 1.11
1.00 21:12 10:17 ----- 10:03 2.11
0.11 21:35 00:23 09:37 09:43 2.22
1.00 31:18 09:43 ----- 09:43 3.22
0.11 31:50 00:32 09:14 09:34 3.33
1.00 40:55 09:05 ----- 09:27 4.33
0.11 41:21 00:26 08:34 09:19 4.44
1.00 50:01 08:41 ----- 09:12 5.44
0.11 50:34 00:32 08:18 09:07 5.55
1.00 00:03 09:29 ----- 09:10 6.55
0.11 00:22 00:19 08:50 09:04 6.66

3.33mi, 33:57, 15 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 327 of the campaign.

iThink:
Tommy Keene, "The World Where I Still Live"

WX at 7 AM (11) Oct 15 64 (18) 32 (0) 30.24 (1024) E 13 RH 29

Odometer 14B: 98.4mi

Z3 low. Average/max heart rate = 137/144

50/45/40/35 pushups, 50/45/40/35 situps with 25/25/25/25 flutter kicks. 3x15@290 leg press, 15/10 hamstring curl@35.

This was followed by the most inveterate wogging I've ever done, bar none.  My legs were pretty trashed, partly from yesterday's 6.66mi run, and the other stuff.  I'm also tired in general, which is an indicator of work, perhaps.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 10:55 10:55 ----- 10:55 1.00
0.11 11:11 00:16 10:05 10:05 1.11
1.00 22:23 11:12 ----- 10:37 2.11
0.11 22:37 00:13 10:17 10:11 2.22
1.00 33:51 11:15 ----- 10:31 3.22
0.11 33:57 00:06 10:13 10:12 3.33

6.66mi, 63:09, 14 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 326 of the campaign.

iThink:
Beatallica, "And I'm Evil"
Ellie Goulding, "Lights"
Above and Beyond feat. Oceanlab, "On A Good Day" (Jer Martin remix)
Angie Hart, "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"
The Smiths, "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" (multiple versions)

WX at 5 AM (9) Oct 14 60 (16) 37 (3) 30.09 (1019) ESE 16

Odometer 14A: 377.7mi

Z3 easy. Average/max heart rate = 142/152

My legs were pretty well beat, which honestly was to be expected after yesterday's lifting and run. Today allowed lots of time as I didn't have much for work requirements, but my legs didn't permit a damn thing. Nor should I have after the intensity of yesterday's workout.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:59 09:59 ----- 09:59 1.00
0.11 10:23 00:23 09:21 09:21 1.11
1.00 20:39 10:16 ----- 09:47 2.11
0.11 21:21 00:42 09:53 09:37 2.22
1.00 31:22 10:02 ----- 09:45 3.22
0.11 31:29 00:07 09:08 09:27 3.33
1.00 41:32 10:03 ----- 09:36 4.33
0.11 42:00 00:28 09:29 09:28 4.44
1.00 52:03 10:03 ----- 09:34 5.44
0.11 52:39 00:37 09:36 09:29 5.55
1.00 02:45 10:06 ----- 09:35 6.55
0.11 03:09 00:24 09:28 09:29 6.66

4.44mi, 37:52, 13 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 325 of the campaign.

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

WX at 5 AM (9) Oct 13 60 (16) 33 (1) 30.18 (1022) E 16 RH 36

Odometer 14B: 95.1mi

Z3 first 3/4, Z4 to Z5 finish. Average/max heart rate = 156/173

40/40/40/40 pushups - stronger today. 50/45/40/35 situps - weaker today- interspersed with 25/25/25/25 flutter kicks. 3x15@290 leg presses, kind of rough.

Today felt better, but yesterday's day off probably had something to do with it. So did the weather, which is the first really pleasant day I've been out. Runs will probably shift to daylight as night gets more sporty for air quality. The first lap was rough, but today was all negative splits. I felt surprisingly good at the end and really decided to see how far I could run anaerobically. I was pretty gratified, even though the iThink was entirely more mellow than was warranted for a finish of that intensity. I also have a meeting in 25 minutes.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:32 09:32 ----- 09:32 1.00
0.11 09:58 00:26 08:59 08:59 1.11
1.00 19:14 09:16 ----- 09:07 2.11
0.11 19:36 00:22 08:41 08:50 2.22
1.00 28:42 09:05 ----- 08:55 3.22
0.11 29:04 00:22 08:31 08:44 3.33
1.00 37:37 08:33 ----- 08:41 4.33
0.11 37:52 00:16 07:56 08:32 4.44

4.44mi, 41:18, 11 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 323 of the campaign.

iThink:
Game Theory, "Last Day That We're Young"

WX at 3 PM (19) Oct 11 53 (12) 24 (-4) 30.12 (1020) WNW 3 haze RH 32

Odometer 14A: 371.7mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 148/156

40/40/40/40 pushups, 50/45/40/40 situps with 25/25/25/25 flutter kicks alternating. 3x15@290 leg press. My legs did not feel great today.

Today's run was going to be easy once again - I'm sore from the flutter kick-leg press-run combination, although it was very encouraging to loosen up after two miles and the last two miles felt pretty good - not quick, but much looser. The weather is about right at night - which unfortunately in Kabul means that the air quality will get worse as people start burning fuel to stay warm at night. The haze in today's weather report is an indicator of things to come.

Time to shower quickly and hit midrats before it closes.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 10:11 10:11 ----- 10:11 1.00
0.11 10:40 00:29 09:37 09:37 1.11
1.00 20:41 10:00 ----- 09:48 2.11
0.11 21:10 00:29 09:27 09:32 2.22
1.00 31:02 09:52 ----- 09:38 3.22
0.11 31:19 00:17 09:09 09:24 3.33
1.00 41:02 09:42 ----- 09:29 4.33
0.11 41:18 00:16 08:59 09:18 4.44

4.44mi, 39:58, 11 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 323 of the campaign.

iThink:
Joan Osborne, "One of Us"
The Smiths, "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" from Complete Soundcheck at Glasgow Barrowlands, 1986

WX at 5 PM (21) Oct 10 51 (11) 28 (-2) 30.12 (1020) WNW 5 RH 40

Odometer 14B: 90.6mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 150/157

Easy run, as my legs are tired from yesterday's leg press and run combination. That tells me I probably need to continue doing it as it is starting to build strength that I know I'll need since I won't have any other way to really do it short of speedwork that I don't feel motivated enough to want to do. But I drank enough water where I had to run.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:07 09:07 ----- 09:07 1.00
0.11 09:52 00:46 08:54 08:54 1.11
1.00 19:11 09:19 ----- 09:05 2.11
0.11 19:50 00:39 08:59 08:56 2.22
1.00 29:17 09:27 ----- 09:06 3.22
0.11 29:52 00:35 09:02 08:58 3.33
1.00 39:21 09:29 ----- 09:05 4.33
0.11 39:58 00:37 09:06 09:00 4.44

4.44mi, 41:12, 9 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 321 of the campaign.

iThink:
Opening credits to the TV show EastEnders, because of this video
The Connells, "Fun & Games" (so I could get the first iThink out of my head quickly)

WX at 6 AM (10) Oct 09 71 (22) 30 (-1) 30.15 (1021) N 17 RH 21

Odometer 14A: 369.1mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 149/155

40/40/40/30/20 pushups, 50/45/40/45 situps with 25/25/25/25 flutter kicks in between. 4x15@290 leg presses. Pushups were stronger across the board, without having to go to knees. It took about a month. It's been a while since I've done leg presses also. But at some point, I need to taper this month so I can get my PT test out of the way.

Easy run, knowing I wasn't going to do much after all that in the gym. The first two laps were rather unpleasant, but the last two were actually not bad. The very last lap was surprisingly pleasant as my legs had recovered from the strength work and were feeling a little fresher - which might argue for doing the easy run after every strength workout to get some of the lead out. Today's being overcast, breezy, and dry was even better.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:52 09:52 ----- 09:52 1.00
0.11 10:28 00:36 09:26 09:26 1.11
1.00 20:29 10:00 ----- 09:42 2.11
0.11 20:50 00:22 09:20 09:23 2.22
1.00 30:43 09:52 ----- 09:32 3.22
0.11 30:59 00:17 09:09 09:18 3.33
1.00 41:00 10:01 ----- 09:28 4.33
0.11 41:12 00:11 09:12 09:17 4.44

A confluence of memory

I saw in passing that there was a new primary school (K-2) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina dedicated to the memory of CPT Kimberly Hampton.  She was commanding Troop D, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry when she was shot down over Fallujah, Iraq.  I believe she was the first female cavalry troop commander to have been killed in combat, at least in the 82d.
News story from the Fayetteville Observer

I didn't know her, although I'd met her once in passing in 2003.  She was in the 82d Aviation Brigade S-3 section at the time, and I was visiting from the job I was in after having moved on from the 82d Airborne Division.  I remember her, if only because I was talking to one of my former coworkers who was an aviation warrant officer, and I was talking about a fair number of very technical issues that were related to helicopters.  I had mentioned that I wasn't an aviation officer, and she was surprised, since armor officers didn't usually have that kind of background. 

I was seeing photos of the kids who were at the school, wearing shirts that featured a picture of an OH-58D armed recce helicopter, the type she was flying when she was killed, and there was something about it that made me really uneasy.  I think it was associating children with something so starkly far away from Fort Bragg.

The OPFOR Cdr was teaching at Pope Elementary School when she and I met.  In seeing what had changed in the last 15 years, I also saw that Pope ES was closing as the school district adapted to cover changes in the population at Fort Bragg.

Those were reminders of when I was much younger, when my life was very different for a lot of reasons, and I wish, far more than I should, in some ways, I could go back to choose differently along some of the things I ended up doing.  It's also a reminder to me that even as a historian, I need to look forward, not backward, in my life, as difficult as it can be to do so.

6.66mi, 55:59, 8 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 320 of the campaign.

iThink:
MxPx, "I Will Follow"

WX at 6 AM (10) Oct 08 73 (23) 24 (-4) 30.09 (1019) NNW 7 RH 16

Odometer 14B: 86.2mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = 159/173

Wasn't sure how I was going to feel, but I started too fast, and ran what mostly felt like positive splits. I'll take tomorrow easier since I might do leg presses and the usual gym work today. But I wanted to get my run in right away.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:41 08:41 ----- 08:41 1.00
0.11 09:15 00:34 08:20 08:20 1.11
1.00 18:12 08:57 ----- 08:38 2.11
0.11 18:36 00:24 08:25 08:23 2.22
1.00 27:42 09:06 ----- 08:36 3.22
0.11 28:02 00:20 08:30 08:25 3.33
1.00 37:06 09:04 ----- 08:34 4.33
0.11 37:23 00:17 08:25 08:25 4.44
1.00 46:23 09:00 ----- 08:32 5.44
0.11 46:44 00:21 08:25 08:25 5.55
1.00 55:44 09:00 ----- 08:31 6.55
0.11 55:59 00:15 08:20 08:24 6.66

3.33mi, time indeterminate, 7 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 319 of the campaign.

iThink:
Bear McCreary, "Unfinished Business"

WX at 4 AM (8) Oct 07 64 (18) 50 (10) 30.03 (1017) N 16G28 rain with thunder, hail RH 59

Odometer 14B: 79.6mi

Z3 low. Average/max heart rate unknown (HRM crapped out in mid-run)

40/40/40/30/20 pushups, 50/45/40/35 situps with 25/25/25/25 flutter kicks in between.

My plantar fascitis is back at it again, mildly. I've been stretching it, but it's nagging. Today had to be a recovery run, but I wasn't expecting my HRM to crap out like it did during the middle of my run. Time is indeterminate as a result, but I went easy because my legs were totally beat from yesterday's run and the gym session immediately prior to starting my run.

No Splits.

8.0mi, 56:33+11:59, 6 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 318 of the campaign.

iThink:
The Smiths, "What Difference Does It Make" (I blame one of my coworkers for sparking this by sending me an email quoting this song)
The Smiths, "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" from Complete Soundcheck at Glasgow Barrowlands, 1986

WX at 7 AM (11) Oct 06 82 (28) 23 (-5) 30.15 (1021) SSE 5 RH 11

Odometer 14A: 364.7mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = 158/170

Hard run because I needed to get back, but also because I did two days of "do nothing but eat." Wall-ball with my newly-restrung STX AV8 doesn't count, although I needed to replace the topstring and decided to get rid of the hockey laces and replace them with a thick nylon shooting string that puts a significantly faster release (and more whip) into the stick. I guess I'm glad I packed my attack crosses, just because.

Six laps hard, but I accidentally ran one section too many times, so rather than going for 7.77mi, I decided to just run it out to 8 full. I felt better - but that's not the only thing I have to do today. First daylight run in a while, and I might keep at it now that it's starting to cool off.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:35 08:35 ----- 08:35 1.00
1.00 17:31 08:56 08:46 08:46 2.00
0.01 17:31 00:00 ----- 08:43 2.01
0.21 18:33 01:02 04:42 08:21 2.22
1.00 27:29 08:56 ----- 08:32 3.22
0.11 27:51 00:22 08:23 08:22 3.33
1.10 36:58 09:07 ----- 08:21 4.43
0.11 38:15 01:17 08:36 08:26 4.54
1.00 47:02 08:47 ----- 08:29 5.54
0.11 47:26 00:24 08:16 08:24 5.65
1.00 56:11 08:45 ----- 08:27 6.65
0.11 56:33 00:22 08:13 08:22 6.76
1.01 07:02 10:29 ----- 08:38 7.77
0.23 08:32 01:30 09:40 08:34 8.00

5.55mi, 46:41, 3 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 315 of the campaign.

iThink:
Journey, "Only The Young"

WX at 2 PM (18) Oct 03 75 (24) 17 (-8) 30.15 (1021) N 20 RH 11

Odometer 14B: 76.1mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = 159/171

40/40/40/40 pushups, 50/45/40/35 situps with 20/20/20/20 flutter kicks in between. Then I quickly turned around and got in five laps. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel after taking about a day and a half off, but these were pretty quick. I was gratified. Now I have to go back to work.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:26 09:26 ----- 09:26 1.00
0.11 09:41 00:15 08:43 08:43 1.11
1.00 18:57 09:16 ----- 08:59 2.11
0.11 19:03 00:06 08:26 08:35 2.22
1.00 28:15 09:12 ----- 08:46 3.22
0.11 28:25 00:10 08:26 08:32 3.33
1.00 37:27 09:02 ----- 08:39 4.33
0.11 37:39 00:12 08:19 08:29 4.44
1.00 46:25 08:46 ----- 08:32 5.44
0.11 46:41 00:16 08:08 08:25 5.55

8.0mi, 76:45, 1 OCT 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 313 of the campaign.

iThink:
Archers of Loaf, "Plumbline"
The Cure, "Doubt"
Night Ranger, "When You Close Your Eyes"

WX at 4 PM (20) Oct 01 60 (16) 39 (4) 30.18 (1022) WNW 5 RH 44

Odometer 14B: 70.5mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 147/154

Tonight's run was deliberately long and slow. I didn't do anything other than run today because I was pretty beat the hell up after the last few days. I knew this was going to be a while, so my mind wandered while I was on the road, doing laps. I spent a fair amount of thought on the OPFOR Cdr, long ago, when we were newly married. Thus, iThink number 3, a song I often associated with the first crush I had, some 30 years ago.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:50 09:50 ----- 09:50 1.00
0.11 10:34 00:44 09:31 09:31 1.11
1.00 20:51 10:17 ----- 09:53 2.11
0.11 21:24 00:33 09:46 09:38 2.22
1.00 31:38 10:14 ----- 09:49 3.22
0.11 32:04 00:26 09:37 09:38 3.33
1.00 42:19 10:15 ----- 09:46 4.33
0.11 42:28 00:09 09:22 09:34 4.44
1.00 53:01 10:33 ----- 09:45 5.44
0.11 53:07 00:06 09:36 09:34 5.55
1.00 63:49 10:42 ----- 09:45 6.55
0.11 63:56 00:07 09:45 09:36 6.66
1.00 74:15 10:19 ----- 09:42 7.66
0.11 74:33 00:18 09:34 09:36 7.77
0.23 76:45 02:12 09:34 09:36 8.00