5.1mi, 41:47

Saxon Shore, "Amber, Ember, Glow"
Chris Stamey, "The Sound You Hear"

WX at 0600: 48 (9), DP 42 (6), BP 29.63 (1003), winds W 13, RH 81%

Odometer 1: 361mi

Z3
Resting heart rate before start = 53

A little brisk (felt colder than 48F this morning) but not a bad run...particularly since it was preceded by 160 pushups (40x40x30x30x20), 100 situps (100), and one set of ab/hip flexor work.

Consequently, today started slow (which might explain the generally positive split between the first and second legs and the very markedly positive split in the third leg).

It was a tad breezy, though. Work permitting, I was going to try to get onto a jump today, but it looks like work won't cooperate and there won't be enough of an opportunity to get to the DZ in time. The irritant is that I've slid my completion of the jumps I need for Master Parachutist further and further back. I also haven't resorted to slightly more desperate measures such as attempting to find night jumps, jumps on a weekend, or jumping with other units at Fort Bragg who routinely jump combat equipment with mass exits with nonsteerable parachutes.

On that last one - in the three years I spent in the 82d Imperial Airborne Division, I accumulated 39 jumps. 25 of them involved combat equipment. Over 15 of them were at night. Two were on hardstand (i.e., asphalt/concrete) drop zones. Two of them were using steerable parachutes. That was it. I don't feel any compelling need to jump nonsteerable parachutes any more unless I absolutely have to.

Splits
1.5 12:27 12:27 08:18
2.1 29:53 17:26 08:18
1.5 41:47 11:54 07:56 08:07