7.8mi, 71:16, 28 AUG 08, Bagram, Afghanistan

Day 198 of the campaign.

iThink:
The Cure, "A Forest"
"The All-American Soldier" (yes, the 82d Airborne Division's song)
Juliana Hatfield, "Perfection"

WX at 1230: 75 (24) DP 23 (-5) BP 29.97 (1015) NNE 18 RH 14

Odometer 2: 248.4mi

Z2-3.
Average/max heart rate = 146/171

This is perimeter run 37.

As I look at my deployment counter, I realize I'm just a bit over 40 percent through my tour. Man, does that feel weird.

Today was a day to counteract some of the bad stuff I ate for dinner, namely a slice of apple pie and two scoops of ice cream. It's not that I'm getting fat - but I do need to be more judicious about what I eat, and most of the time, I come back thinner than when I left. I'm not so sure about this one.

Today, as a result, entailed some good wogging since my legs certainly weren't up to any hard work after the last two runs, especially that last one. Even with a day's rest, I felt like today needed to be easy, and it was.

It was kind of therapeutic to know that I could wog along to the tune of 9:10/mi or so and not feel any pressure at all.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:10 09:10 09:10 09:10 1.00
1.00 18:30 09:20 09:20 09:15 2.00
1.00 27:27 08:57 08:57 09:09 3.00
1.00 36:37 09:10 09:10 09:09 4.00
1.00 45:36 08:59 08:59 09:07 5.00
1.00 54:41 09:05 09:05 09:07 6.00
1.00 64:16 09:35 09:35 09:11 7.00
0.75 71:16 07:00 09:20 09:12 7.75