3.0mi, 30:56, 30 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
The Lemonheads, "The Great Big No"
The Goo Goo Dolls, "Extra Pale"

WX at 05:58 Calm 10.00 Partly Cloudy SCT022 69 68 97% NA NA 30.04 1017.5

Odometer 13A: 161.7mi

Z2. Average/max heart rate = 141/159

I felt utterly beat this morning, partly because of the hour and half I spent farting around in traffic on the way back to the house and then the few hours I spent up trying to wind down enough to go to sleep.

Today was a recovery run, no more. I wasn't in the mood and I didn't feel up to running hard at all, and while some might charge that this is junk mileage, I think any mileage is better than none at this point in my life.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 10:36 10:36 10:36 10:36 1.00
1.00 20:47 10:11 10:11 10:24 2.00
1.00 30:56 10:09 10:09 10:19 3.00

The joys of living in the DC area...

Stuck in traffic on I-395 southbound for 90 fucking minutes at an average speed of about 5mph.  At 10:00pm.

Construction in the area just about licks my fucking ass raw.

5.05mi, 47:47, 28 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
Guided by Voices, "Interest Position"

WX at 05:58 Calm 6.00 Fog/Mist CLR 72 72 100% NA NA 29.89 1012.4

Odometer 13A: 158.7mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 151/169

My legs were very tired today, but I had stuffed my face yesterday, so I had to get a run in of at least 5. Doesn't make up for all my sins yesterday, but it's better than nothing.

It was very humid this morning, so that didn't help. But the dead legs were really palpable.

I hadn't looked at the lyrics to today's iThink until logging this run, but it sure is apropos.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:45 09:45 09:45 09:45 1.00
1.00 19:33 09:48 09:48 09:46 2.00
1.00 28:33 09:00 09:00 09:31 3.00
1.00 37:47 09:14 09:14 09:27 4.00
1.05 47:47 10:00 09:31 09:28 5.05

3.02mi, 27:52, 27 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
Tommy Keene, "Running For Your Life"

WX at 06:58 Calm 10.00 Mostly Cloudy FEW080 BKN100 68 68 99% NA NA 29.98 1015.5

Odometer 13A: 153.6mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 151/168

Dead legs at start but I felt a little better as I ran further. I started too late to do anything but a short run, but at least I got one in. And the iThink was even more apropos.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:31 09:31 09:31 09:31 1.00
1.00 18:39 09:08 09:08 09:19 2.00
1.02 27:52 09:13 09:02 09:14 3.02

And I'm 16 again...

Going back to the days when I was 16, first heard this song, and I still had my idealism.  But the Replacements rocked the house.  And they still do.

4.64mi, 48:21, 26 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
The Goo Goo Dolls, "Cuz You're Gone"

WX at 05:58 S 5 10.00 Fair CLR 65 57 76% NA NA 30.24 1024.3

Odometer 13A: 150.6mi

Z2-Z3. Average/max heart rate = 140/159

Today's run was a very deliberate attempt at wogging to try to recover from yesterday's run. I guess I'll see if it worked tomorrow.

This morning's iThink was purely a result of the first thing that came to mind to force another earwig out, which was "Boyfriend" by Best Coast. I have no idea whatsoever why it stuck, but I needed something a little more pointed. So the Goo Goo Dolls it is - although I can think of far worse albums to riff than Superstar Car Wash.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 10:16 10:16 10:16 10:16 1.00
1.00 21:00 10:44 10:44 10:30 2.00
1.00 30:55 09:55 09:55 10:18 3.00
1.00 41:38 10:43 10:43 10:24 4.00
0.64 48:21 06:43 10:30 10:25 4.64

11.55mi, 1:45:00, 25 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
Mark Isham, "Army Strong"
Above and Beyond feat. Oceanlab, "On A Good Day"

WX at 09:58 Vrbl 3 10.00 Fair CLR 74 63 70% NA NA 30.43 1030.8

Odometer 13B: 26.5mi

Z3 high. Average/max heart rate = 155/170

Today was not any faster. It felt better, and I was thinking about why the worst part of the run is around the 8-mile mark, just after an hour. I think the reason is continuing to go faster at the second-wind mark that I hit around the 6-mile mark. By 8 miles, I'm gassed and in the hurt box, but by mile 10 I feel better.  The feeling better part is probably due to glycogen regenesis at that point in the run.

Also, more prosaically, when there's more people on the trail, I tend to run faster because of a desire to pass people. Maybe not right, but it certainly is correct.

Splits

SGMT AGGRGTE SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 0:08:54 08:54 08:54 08:54 1.00
1.00 0:18:01 09:07 09:07 09:00 2.00
1.00 0:26:57 08:56 08:56 08:59 3.00
1.00 0:36:16 09:19 09:19 09:04 4.00
1.00 0:45:23 09:07 09:07 09:05 5.00
1.00 0:54:20 08:57 08:57 09:03 6.00
1.00 1:03:17 08:57 08:57 09:02 7.00
1.00 1:12:26 09:09 09:09 09:03 8.00
1.00 1:21:16 08:50 08:50 09:02 9.00
1.00 1:31:04 09:48 09:48 09:06 10.00
1.00 1:40:00 08:56 08:56 09:05 11.00
0.55 1:45:00 05:00 09:05 09:05 11.55

4.03mi, 35:53, 24 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
The Bats, "Chicken Bird Run"
The Bats, "Courage"

WX at 07:58 NW 2 10.00 Fair CLR 64 62 64 59 94% NA NA 30.24 1024.3

Odometer 13A: 145.9mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = 161/183

First run in a few days. I've slept in because I've been going to sleep too late. Had to get this one in quick because I'm driving to a memorial ceremony in Richmond this morning.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:52 08:52 08:52 08:52 1.00
1.00 18:13 09:21 09:21 09:07 2.00
1.00 27:03 08:50 08:50 09:01 3.00
1.03 35:53 08:50 08:35 08:54 4.03

And...roger.

http://slackhalla.org/~demise/test/socialattitude.php

Radicalism	69.25
Socialism	6.25
Tenderness	34.375

These scores indicate that you are a tough-minded moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a liberated atheist. It appears that you are cynical towards religion, and have a suspicious and unsympathetic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear laissez-faire capitalist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as libertarian.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with several strong opinions.

This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.


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4.51mi, 43:43, 21 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
The Bats, "The Looming Past"
The Chills, "Heavenly Pop Hit"

WX at 05:58 Calm 2.50 Fog/Mist CLR 68 68 100% NA NA 30.18 1022.3

Odometer 13B: 15.9mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 145/163

Dead legs today, so all wogging today. I didn't sit around on the computer for an hour as was my custom waiting to get ready for the run, and maybe that had something to do with it, but I need to get more efficient in the mornings and not spend as much time wasting time.

Of course, I was unable to figure out the name of the first iThink, as many times as I've heard it - just not being able to place it as the song isn't one of the ones I normally put into heavy rotation.

ed: "The Looming Past," the last song on their 1991 album Fear of God.

Maybe tomorrow. But today was definitely not my day.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:28 09:28 09:28 09:28 1.00
1.00 19:39 10:11 10:11 09:49 2.00
1.00 29:23 09:44 09:44 09:48 3.00
1.00 38:55 09:32 09:32 09:44 4.00
0.51 43:43 04:48 09:25 09:42 4.51

4.48mi, 40:23, 20 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
The Goo Goo Dolls, "Another Second Time Around"
The Goo Goo Dolls, "Girl Right Next to Me"
The Goo Goo Dolls, "Naked"

WX at 05:58 Calm 1.25 Fog/Mist CLR 63 63 100% NA NA 30.12 1020.3

Odometer 13A: 141.9mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 151/169

Still not sleeping enough, so woke up about 30 minutes late. The weather was misty but worth the run as it was cool albeit humid. More of the same, although the average HR was deceptive. My legs are still tired, although after 2.5 miles they were better.

The first two iThinks chained together are a function of moving onto the next song I remember from an album, in this case, Superstar Car Wash, which is my favorite Goo Goo Dolls album.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:55 08:55 08:55 08:55 1.00
1.00 18:23 09:28 09:28 09:11 2.00
1.00 27:34 09:11 09:11 09:11 3.00
1.00 36:16 08:42 08:42 09:04 4.00
0.48 40:23 04:07 08:35 09:01 4.48

11.40mi, 1:44:49, 18 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
Keene Brothers, "Death of the Party"
The Goo Goo Dolls, "Naked"
The Goo Goo Dolls, "Stop the World"

WX at 08:58 Calm 7.00 Light Rain BKN029 65 63 95% NA NA 30.24 1024.3 0.02

Odometer 13B: 11.4mi

Z3 high/Z4. Average/max heart rate = 156/169

Today was too inviting a day to not get in the customary long run. The only thing that could've made it better was a little more rain and a little bit cooler temperatures. As a result, I think I was able to get a much more productive run in, although I stopped for water at about the 7.5mi mark, but was back up and running by the 9-mile mark.

What made today's run notable was not the raw splits itself, but rather, the relative efforts. I had rough spots, but no places where I was sucking badly enough where I had to stop. That was significant in itself.

At least I got it in - one thing I usually need to do that I've gotten done. Time to get to other priorities of work.

Splits

SGMT AGGRGTE SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 0:09:01 09:01 09:01 09:01 1.00
1.00 0:18:26 09:25 09:25 09:13 2.00
1.00 0:27:22 08:56 08:56 09:07 3.00
1.00 0:36:56 09:34 09:34 09:14 4.00
1.00 0:46:12 09:16 09:16 09:14 5.00
1.00 0:55:22 09:10 09:10 09:14 6.00
1.00 1:04:52 09:30 09:30 09:16 7.00
1.00 1:13:58 09:06 09:06 09:15 8.00
1.00 1:22:36 08:38 08:38 09:11 9.00
1.00 1:32:32 09:56 09:56 09:15 10.00
1.00 1:41:21 08:49 08:49 09:13 11.00
0.40 1:44:49 03:28 08:40 09:12 11.40

5.03mi, 46:19, 16 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
Tommy Keene, "Running For Your Life"

WX at 05:58 Calm 10.00 Fair CLR 54 54 99% NA NA 30.16 1021.6

Odometer 12C: 405.7mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 148/166

I didn't feel really up to a run but didn't want to squander what would be an unparalleled day for running, so I got at it. I've had enough rest days this week where I think I'll be okay. My plantar fascitis is flaring up in my right foot as I get started, but after two miles, I felt fine. I should probably do something about it, of course.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:41 09:41 09:41 09:41 1.00
1.00 19:22 09:41 09:41 09:41 2.00
1.00 28:01 08:39 08:39 09:20 3.00
1.00 37:03 09:02 09:02 09:16 4.00
1.03 46:19 09:16 09:00 09:12 5.03

5.05mi, 43:05, 15 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
Aly & AJ, "Chemicals React"

WX at 05:58 NW 3 10.00 Fair CLR 59 52 77% NA NA 30.15 1021.3 24.00

Odometer 12C: 400.7mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = 155/173

I slept in yesterday, thinking I needed it, and in doing so, missed out on a premiere running weather day. I wasn't going to make the same mistake today, which was almost identical. However, as I started late, this run turned into a hard run to get done in time. But it was worth it.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:22 08:22 08:22 08:22 1.00
1.00 17:18 08:56 08:56 08:39 2.00
1.00 25:33 08:15 08:15 08:31 3.00
1.00 34:00 08:27 08:27 08:30 4.00
1.05 43:05 09:05 08:39 08:32 5.05

4.13mi, 38:48, 13 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
that dog., "Being With You"

WX at 05:58 SW 1 10.00 Fair CLR 77 74 91% NA 78 29.81 1009.7

Odometer 12C: 395.6mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 150/169

Dead legs on four hours of sleep, broken by the weather alarm going off at the third hour. Blechh. At least I still ran. The finish was at least okay, so I know I got something out of this run, but the first three miles were ugly.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:06 09:06 09:06 09:06 1.00
1.00 18:58 09:52 09:52 09:29 2.00
1.00 28:34 09:36 09:36 09:31 3.00
1.00 37:44 09:10 09:10 09:26 4.00
0.13 38:48 01:04 08:12 09:24 4.13

11.41mi, 1:50:35, 11 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
MaX, "Aim"
Josh Woodward, "Fast Food Fantasy"

WX at 09:58 W 2 10.00 A Few Clouds FEW075 77 70 79% NA 79 30.12 1020.2

Odometer 13A: 137.4mi

Z3 high. Average/max heart rate = 153/174

Today started with tired legs. I was thinking of an article I'd seen recently that advised, instead of a rest day, taking a long slow run. However, after the run I am absolutely beat. I need to take a few hours off as I'm totally out of gas. I'll see the wisdom of 11.4 miles of LSD tomorrow to see how I feel.

Splits

SGMT AGGRGTE SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 0:09:24 09:24 09:24 09:24 1.00
1.00 0:19:13 09:49 09:49 09:36 2.00
1.00 0:28:41 09:28 09:28 09:34 3.00
1.00 0:38:40 09:59 09:59 09:40 4.00
1.00 0:48:34 09:54 09:54 09:43 5.00
1.00 0:58:24 09:50 09:50 09:44 6.00
1.00 1:08:15 09:51 09:51 09:45 7.00
1.00 1:17:21 09:06 09:06 09:40 8.00
1.00 1:26:49 09:28 09:28 09:39 9.00
1.00 1:36:54 10:05 10:05 09:41 10.00
1.00 1:46:46 09:52 09:52 09:42 11.00
0.41 1:50:35 03:49 09:19 09:42 11.41

a small blip

from Juliana Hatfield's blog:

he said: do you think I’m crazy to be going now to drive an hour just to give my girlfriend a kiss goodnight? I told him: no way. I think you’re so sane. I think you are a good boyfriend. Drive carefully.

This says an awful lot about that guy. By inference, it also says a fair amount about something that's been on my mind some lately too.

4.35mi, 39:51, 8 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
MaX, "Aim"

WX at 05:58 S 5 10.00 Fair CLR 74 73 96% NA NA 30.03 1017.2

Odometer 12C: 391.5mi

Z3 start, Z4 finish. Average/max heart rate = 151/171

Today was a challenge inasmuch as I was fighting the Blerch.

So I got at it. There is a lot of snark in Matthew Inman's webcomic, which of course makes it one of my favorites ever, but today was a good example of run or pay later. So I ran. Bumpy start as always, but a creditable finish, so it was a good run (especially given the negative splits at the end). Just not at the start, but they never are.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:16 09:16 09:16 09:16 1.00
1.00 18:49 09:33 09:33 09:24 2.00
1.00 28:16 09:27 09:27 09:25 3.00
1.00 37:04 08:48 08:48 09:16 4.00
0.35 39:51 02:47 07:57 09:10 4.35

4.50mi, 45:44, 6 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
Juliana Hatfield, "Perfection"
Game Theory, "Room For One More, Honey"

WX at 05:58 SE 5 10.00 Light Drizzle SCT060 BKN110 68 NA NA NA NA 30.03 1017.2

Odometer 12C: 387.2mi

Z3 low. Average/max heart rate = 140/156

Today was a recovery run, which was probably the only prudent thing to do. It was more noticeably humid, partly because of the drizzle, but after the last few days, I thought an easy run would be a better idea than sleeping in. Keeping this momentum is a whole lot better than the massive inconsistency of the last few weeks.

The first iThink is perhaps my favorite Juliana Hatfield song ever - and more notably, a song about dysfunctional relationships. The Game Theory song is from a time in my life that I had hitched great hopes of salvaging a relationship that was probably going to come apart, but I had fought (perhaps not in the right way) to try to keep the inevitable from happening. Ironically, it's a song I consider an elegantly hopeful one. But not in its context for me.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 10:09 10:09 10:09 10:09 1.00
1.00 20:27 10:18 10:18 10:13 2.00
1.00 30:35 10:08 10:08 10:12 3.00
1.00 40:42 10:07 10:07 10:11 4.00
0.50 45:44 05:02 10:04 10:10 4.50

5.05mi, 45:58, 5 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
Juliana Hatfield, "Perfection"

WX at 05:58 NW 2 10.00 Fair CLR 59 57 93% NA NA 30.08 1018.9

Odometer 12C: 382.7mi

Z3 start, Z4 finish. Average/max heart rate = 151/173

I wasn't sure how I'd feel given that I'd spent the better part of 5 hours on my feet at Brickfair Virginia at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly. My legs were certainly beat by the time I was done - I can only imagine how trashed out the wife and kids were.

Today was not bad, and the weather certainly helped a lot. It would've been a crime not to go out and get at it this morning, so I did. I felt a lot better, and really stretched it out for speed at the end. Unsurprisingly, I was attempting to burn someone, in the interests of transparency, so I had an ulterior motive.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:11 09:11 09:11 09:11 1.00
1.00 19:05 09:54 09:54 09:32 2.00
1.00 27:47 08:42 08:42 09:16 3.00
1.00 36:45 08:58 08:58 09:11 4.00
1.05 45:58 09:13 08:47 09:06 5.05

3.00mi, 28:06, 4 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink: MaX, "Aim"

WX at 08:58 NW 9 10.00 Fair CLR 72 63 74% NA NA 29.98 1015.5

Odometer 12C: 377.6mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 146/163

Recovery run that was faster than it probably should've been. Off to go see BrickFair in Chantilly since the kids are big Lego fans. Also didn't count on doing two hours' worth of rowing yesterday at Burke Lake Park when the Younger and I rented a boat to meet one of her school friends. It's all good.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:27 09:27 09:27 09:27 1.00
1.00 18:53 09:26 09:26 09:26 2.00
1.00 28:06 09:13 09:13 09:22 3.00

11.36mi, 1:47:14, 3 AUG 13, Springfield, Virginia

iThink:
The Mission UK, "Like A Child Again"
MxPx, "I Will Follow"
The Connells, "Fun & Games"

WX at 08:58 E 2 10.00 A Few Clouds FEW170 69 58 67% NA NA 29.99 1015.8

Odometer 13A: 126.0mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 155/170

The first iThink owes to something I was reading about WHFS, a FM station that used to be on 99.1 MHz in the DC-Baltimore Area. Had I grown up in Northern Virginia, it's probably a safe bet I would've listened to it, something I certainly did in the early 90s when WHFS was an amazing station. WHFS also used to play the hell out of that Mission UK song.  Admittedly, as parochial as I thought Richmond was, I was more than happy to go to anywhere more cosmopolitan.  Baltimore/DC was a huge step up in that department.

Today was a very disciplined run. I was looking to run exactly at anaerobic threshold pace, and did so or just below. It meant that I was able to run fairly strong all the way through, and the uphill trail run that usually wipes me out on the way back was uneventful. In that sense it was a good run. It doesn't make up for all the days I didn't run this week, but at least I was able to get my customary long run in this weekend up front.

It almost didn't happen as I woke up at about 12:30am last night with nausea so bad it was coming out both ends. The only good thing was that I was able to drink water without a whole lot of additional handwringing.  That's good, if only because of the length of the run.

Splits

SGMT AGGRGTE SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 0:09:17 09:17 09:17 09:17 1.00
1.00 0:18:54 09:37 09:37 09:27 2.00
1.00 0:28:07 09:13 09:13 09:22 3.00
1.00 0:37:24 09:17 09:17 09:21 4.00
1.00 0:46:37 09:13 09:13 09:19 5.00
1.00 0:55:41 09:04 09:04 09:17 6.00
1.00 1:05:08 09:27 09:27 09:18 7.00
1.00 1:14:33 09:25 09:25 09:19 8.00
1.00 1:23:48 09:15 09:15 09:19 9.00
1.00 1:33:58 10:10 10:10 09:24 10.00
1.00 1:43:51 09:53 09:53 09:26 11.00
0.36 1:47:14 03:23 09:24 09:26 11.36