5.55mi, 49:23, 5 SEP 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 287 of the campaign.

iThink:
The Smiths, "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" from Complete Soundcheck at Glasgow Barrowlands, 1986
Philip Glass, "Pruitt Igoe"
The Sisters of Mercy, "The Temple of Love" (1992 remix)


WX at 3 PM (19) Sep 05 68 (20) 53 (12) 29.88 (1012) E 8 RH 56

Odometer 14A: 301.0mi

Z4. Average/max heart rate = 158/168

Today was an almost missed day. I dashed off to the gym with 20 minutes to spare and cranked out 20x5 pushups, all progressively worse, then a somewhat frenzied spate of 4x15 standard leg press@290 with 2x15 calf extensions@290 and another 20 pushups before I ran 5.55mi. What made the run somewhat surprising was the degree to which I was running negative splits, although I'd admit my legs were tired, especially on the first two laps. Still, today was a good day. Tomorrow needs to be a little more deliberate. At least I'm getting stronger.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:43 09:43 ----- 09:43 1.00
0.11 10:20 00:37 09:19 09:19 1.11
1.00 19:51 09:31 ----- 09:24 2.11
0.11 20:27 00:36 09:07 09:13 2.22
1.00 29:32 09:05 ----- 09:10 3.22
0.11 30:06 00:34 08:42 09:02 3.33
1.00 39:29 09:23 ----- 09:07 4.33
0.11 39:49 00:20 08:45 08:58 4.44
1.00 48:59 09:10 ----- 09:00 5.44
0.11 49:23 00:24 08:37 08:54 5.55