2.0mi on dreadmill, 17:50 + 5,000m on Concept2 Model E, 22:32.1, 6 NOV 14, Kabul, Afghanistan

Today is day 349 of the campaign.

iThink:
John Williams, "The Last Battle"
The Smiths, "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" from Complete Soundcheck at Glasgow Barrowlands, 1986
Something else that I can't remember in my white-hot rage.

WX at 11 AM (16) Nov 06 44 (7) 42 (6) 30.06 (1018) E 5 RH 93

Odometer 14B: 122.0mi

Run: Z4. Average/max heart rate = 157/164
Erg: Z3, Z5 finish because I felt like it. Average/max heart rate = 148/171

As usual, 50/45/40/35 pushups, 50/45/40/35 situps with 25/25/25/25 flutter kicks, 4x15@290 leg press.

Today felt better and worse - I had forgotten how much I fucking hate running on the dreadmill (due to the requirement to run EXACTLY the same pace) and quit after two miles. I realized as much as I didn't want to row two days in a row, I decided to run an easy 5,000, which was good up until the last 500m, which I did all out to finish at 1:57/500m. That was probably unwise but I didn't care.

Part of my generalized ire was because of one of my coworkers who was inexperienced in the ways of two of the more incompetent staff sections that barraged him with, quite frankly, bullshit. Had I had time to edit it, I might've done better about cutting a lot of the lard out of the packet, but it was late and he was apologetic, at which point I cut him off. I told him I didn't care what the staff sections produced, there was no way in hell the commander was going to get to read all that shit. We are the first line of defense against the shitterific staff work that I've come to expect in this bush-league command, and while there's not much I can do about the command, there's a lot I can do at my own end so long as we're not backed up against the wall on timelines - which was also taken away from us. I will not miss this goddamn job when I leave this place.

Splits

SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:57 08:57 08:57 08:57 1.00
1.00 17:51 08:54 08:54 08:55 2.00

Distance: 5000
Time: 22:32.1
Avg/500m: 02:15.2
Drag Factor: 99
Per Mile: 00:07:15