6.3mi, 59:43, 17 FEB 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 87 of the campaign.

iThink:
50Foot Wave, "Hot Pink, Distorted"

WX at 2 AM (7) Feb 17 48 (9) 8 (-13) 30.24 (1024) W 6

Odometer 14A: 26.3mi

Z3. Average/max heart rate = 160/171

Today was not intended to be a particularly hard run, but I saw a rare window of opportunity to get a good run in while the weather was amazing, so I took it. I was going to run 6, but sneaked in a little extra based on the length of the laps I was taking around the compound.

Today didn't start out fun, and I figured I was going to suck a bit, but by the end, I actually felt pretty good. Just my luck that I really settle in at about the 5 mile mark. The other possibility is that I had actually start burning fat at that point, which I sure hope. Today was deliberately not hard in order to get some of that in. It started out a little ambitiously, but that was quickly dispelled when my legs just weren't up to it.

I was actually reminded of some of the long runs (although 6 is hardly a long run) I did when I was in Iraq, training for what ended up being an ultramarathon. Thus, the unrestrained use of Kristin Hersh on this run.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 10:09 10:09 10:09 10:09 1.00
1.00 19:38 09:29 09:29 09:49 2.00
1.00 29:05 09:27 09:27 09:42 3.00
1.00 38:32 09:27 09:27 09:38 4.00
1.00 47:47 09:15 09:15 09:33 5.00
1.00 57:04 09:17 09:17 09:31 6.00
0.30 59:43 02:39 08:50 09:29 6.30