Rob Zombie, "Feel So Numb"
WX at 0900: 60.8 (16.0), DP 37.4 (3.0), BP 30.05 (1017.4), 4 E clear RH 42
Odometer 4: 225.1mi
I am in Central Asia right now. In the interests of operational security, I am not giving my enroute locations as I believe not everyone needs to know.
The weather was awesome where I stopped. First time I've run in a little while, and after a long, long plane ride, spanning about 13 time zones, I was pretty tired. The run really helped out.
SGMT AGGRG SPLIT PERMI AVGPC TOTAL
1.01 08:58 08:58 08:54 08:54 1.01
1.00 18:25 09:27 09:29 09:12 2.00
0.68 24:24 05:59 08:48 09:06 2.68
Thursday, September 20, 2007
5,000m on Concept Model C, 21:27, Kabul Afghanistan, 19 SEP 07
Dope, "Die Motherfucker Die"
WX at 0620: 62.6 (17), DP 46.4 (8), BP 29.98 (1015), W 1, clear RH 55
Odometer 4: 225.1mi N/A
I almost woofed. Some of this could be my antimalarial medication, some might be sitting at almost 6,000 feet MSL. As a result, I can go fast, but I have no endurance on the Concept.
I started hot - almost 2:05/500m average pace, but quickly levelled off and had to cut it short.
DISTANCE 5000
TIME 21:27
PER 500M 02:09
DRAG FACTOR 178
PER MILE 06:54
WX at 0620: 62.6 (17), DP 46.4 (8), BP 29.98 (1015), W 1, clear RH 55
Odometer 4: 225.1mi N/A
I almost woofed. Some of this could be my antimalarial medication, some might be sitting at almost 6,000 feet MSL. As a result, I can go fast, but I have no endurance on the Concept.
I started hot - almost 2:05/500m average pace, but quickly levelled off and had to cut it short.
DISTANCE 5000
TIME 21:27
PER 500M 02:09
DRAG FACTOR 178
PER MILE 06:54
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
5.5mi, 43:46, Bagram Afghanistan, 17 SEP 07
Rob Zombie, "Feel So Numb"
WX at 0600: 66 (18.8), DP 55 (12.8), BP 30.00 (1016), winds UNK clear RH 68
Odometer 4: 225.1mi
The weather was, once again, great - knowing that it would get hot later on.
The altitude (almost 4900 feet MSL) was definitely noticeable. It didn't stop me from running faster here than in a long, long while.
I think it was the weather. I was definitely feeling a little more work than I normally would at sea level.
SEGMT AGGRG SPLIT PERMI AVGPC TOTAL
2.00 16:24 16:24 08:11 08:11 2.00
1.00 24:22 07:58 07:58 08:07 3.00
1.00 32:05 07:43 07:43 08:01 4.01
1.00 40:12 08:07 08:08 08:02 5.00
0.47 43:46 03:34 07:37 08:00 5.47
WX at 0600: 66 (18.8), DP 55 (12.8), BP 30.00 (1016), winds UNK clear RH 68
Odometer 4: 225.1mi
The weather was, once again, great - knowing that it would get hot later on.
The altitude (almost 4900 feet MSL) was definitely noticeable. It didn't stop me from running faster here than in a long, long while.
I think it was the weather. I was definitely feeling a little more work than I normally would at sea level.
SEGMT AGGRG SPLIT PERMI AVGPC TOTAL
2.00 16:24 16:24 08:11 08:11 2.00
1.00 24:22 07:58 07:58 08:07 3.00
1.00 32:05 07:43 07:43 08:01 4.01
1.00 40:12 08:07 08:08 08:02 5.00
0.47 43:46 03:34 07:37 08:00 5.47
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
20 min on elliptical, 10 min on dreadmill, 12 SEP 07, Clarksville TN
16th Special Operations Squadron, "Ghostriders in the Sky"
WX at 0700: 54.0 (12.2) 53.1 (11.7) 30.07 (1018) mist RH 97
Odometer 1: 33mi equivalent
Z3.
The song "Ghostriders In the Sky" I attribute to Blues Brothers 2000 being on AMC this morning, so as I heard the song, the only lyrics that come to mind are the ones from the version adopted by the Air Force Special Operations gunship community.
I revisited why I don't like running on dreadmills. It is hard for me to hold exactly ONE pace, and running on a dreadmill constrains you to direction and pace. I like running outside, but I currently live in a location where running is downright dangerous due to the volume of traffic near me.
No splits today.
WX at 0700: 54.0 (12.2) 53.1 (11.7) 30.07 (1018) mist RH 97
Odometer 1: 33mi equivalent
Z3.
The song "Ghostriders In the Sky" I attribute to Blues Brothers 2000 being on AMC this morning, so as I heard the song, the only lyrics that come to mind are the ones from the version adopted by the Air Force Special Operations gunship community.
I revisited why I don't like running on dreadmills. It is hard for me to hold exactly ONE pace, and running on a dreadmill constrains you to direction and pace. I like running outside, but I currently live in a location where running is downright dangerous due to the volume of traffic near me.
No splits today.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
30 min on elliptical, 11 SEP 07, Clarksville TN
Rob Zombie, "Feel So Numb"
WX at 0700: 66 (19) DP 62 (17) BP 29.95 (1014) NNW 10 mist RH 88 drizzle
Odometer 3: N/A.
Z3 low, average heart rate 149.
Some lifting, after a week off (effectively), I actually seem to have gotten stronger - or maybe it's just the rest allowing my muscles to actually grow back.
Time precluded me from going much longer.
It's perhaps fitting today that I made it a point not to sleep in this morning, as I have the last few days. Inevitably, it's hard not to think about where one was the day of the 9/11/01 attacks; I was a cavalry troop commander at the time in the 82d Airborne Division, and fully expected to go to combat shortly, which didn't happen. I can only conjecture (at the time being on the Division Ready Brigade) that my brigade was being saved for something else.
As I write the campaign plan for a unit that will be committed for the ongoing operations that started in the wake of 9/11/01, the recollections of that time provide a useful touchstone for my efforts.
WX at 0700: 66 (19) DP 62 (17) BP 29.95 (1014) NNW 10 mist RH 88 drizzle
Odometer 3: N/A.
Z3 low, average heart rate 149.
Some lifting, after a week off (effectively), I actually seem to have gotten stronger - or maybe it's just the rest allowing my muscles to actually grow back.
Time precluded me from going much longer.
It's perhaps fitting today that I made it a point not to sleep in this morning, as I have the last few days. Inevitably, it's hard not to think about where one was the day of the 9/11/01 attacks; I was a cavalry troop commander at the time in the 82d Airborne Division, and fully expected to go to combat shortly, which didn't happen. I can only conjecture (at the time being on the Division Ready Brigade) that my brigade was being saved for something else.
As I write the campaign plan for a unit that will be committed for the ongoing operations that started in the wake of 9/11/01, the recollections of that time provide a useful touchstone for my efforts.
Friday, September 07, 2007
7.3mi, 63:27, 7 SEP 07, Arlington VA
The Cure, "Primary" (Red Mix)
WX at 0600: 72.0 (22.2) 66.9 (19.4) 30.22 (1023) S 12 RH 84
Odometer 4: 222.4mi
Z3-Z4.
I'm trying to figure out why I feel better after drinking almost 40oz of beer last night, rather than when I drank less...which is really a nonsequitur.
Today was another day of running of sins of the previous evening, but today, unlike yesterday, was more productive.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
3.65 32:01 32:01 08:46 08:46 3.65
3.65 63:27 31:26 08:37 08:42 7.30
WX at 0600: 72.0 (22.2) 66.9 (19.4) 30.22 (1023) S 12 RH 84
Odometer 4: 222.4mi
Z3-Z4.
I'm trying to figure out why I feel better after drinking almost 40oz of beer last night, rather than when I drank less...which is really a nonsequitur.
Today was another day of running of sins of the previous evening, but today, unlike yesterday, was more productive.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
3.65 32:01 32:01 08:46 08:46 3.65
3.65 63:27 31:26 08:37 08:42 7.30
Thursday, September 06, 2007
4.9mi, 45:06, 6 SEP 07, Arlington VA
Aly & AJ,"Slow Down"
The All-American Rejects, "It Ends Tonight"
WX at 0600: 72.0 (22.2) 69.1 (20.6) 30.21 (1023) SE 5 mist RH 90
Odometer 4: 215.1mi
Z3.
Ahh, nothing like running off the sins of the prior night (in terms of food and alcohol)!
It's been a while since I was hoping I wouldn't woof during the run, because I sure felt like I was just about to-- on a few occasions this morning.
Alas, that seems to be a recurrent theme for my runs on the Mount Vernon Trail, in the few times I've run it.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
2.45 23:24 23:24 09:33 09:33 2.45
2.45 45:06 21:42 08:51 09:12 4.90
The All-American Rejects, "It Ends Tonight"
WX at 0600: 72.0 (22.2) 69.1 (20.6) 30.21 (1023) SE 5 mist RH 90
Odometer 4: 215.1mi
Z3.
Ahh, nothing like running off the sins of the prior night (in terms of food and alcohol)!
It's been a while since I was hoping I wouldn't woof during the run, because I sure felt like I was just about to-- on a few occasions this morning.
Alas, that seems to be a recurrent theme for my runs on the Mount Vernon Trail, in the few times I've run it.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
2.45 23:24 23:24 09:33 09:33 2.45
2.45 45:06 21:42 08:51 09:12 4.90
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
3.4mi, 29:30, 5 SEP 07, Arlington VA
Bear McCreary, "All Along The Watchtower"
WX at 0700: 68.0 (20.0) 64.0 (17.8) 30.08 (1018) NNE 3 RH
Odometer 4: 210.2mi
Z3.
I'm in Arlington, VA for work-related reasons. It all seems like a bizarre homecoming as I look at my surroundings...which is all the more entertaining as one of our senior officers in our party has avoided the National Capital Region like the plague...to the point where he deliberately did not bring the nigh-obligatory jacket and tie I associate with doing business in the capital.
Consequently, we will be walking around DC in polyester, looking like the fucking Hitler Youth. Fuck yeah.
I was meaning to meet some folks this morning for a run at 6:30am.
I woke up this morning to the reaction of "fuck!" as I looked at my watch, which said 6:35am. As I went downstairs to the lobby of the hotel I realized the group had already left, so I took off to catch them. Fortunately, they took the route I was going to take them on, so it wasn't a total bust. Fortunately.
I followed that with some heavy lifting once I was back.
Tomorrow I go longer, much longer, along the same stretch of the Mount Vernon Trail.
Now I can look forward to Hitler Youthing my way across DC...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.70 14:12 14:12 08:21 08:21 1.70
1.70 29:30 15:18 09:00 08:41 3.40
WX at 0700: 68.0 (20.0) 64.0 (17.8) 30.08 (1018) NNE 3 RH
Odometer 4: 210.2mi
Z3.
I'm in Arlington, VA for work-related reasons. It all seems like a bizarre homecoming as I look at my surroundings...which is all the more entertaining as one of our senior officers in our party has avoided the National Capital Region like the plague...to the point where he deliberately did not bring the nigh-obligatory jacket and tie I associate with doing business in the capital.
Consequently, we will be walking around DC in polyester, looking like the fucking Hitler Youth. Fuck yeah.
I was meaning to meet some folks this morning for a run at 6:30am.
I woke up this morning to the reaction of "fuck!" as I looked at my watch, which said 6:35am. As I went downstairs to the lobby of the hotel I realized the group had already left, so I took off to catch them. Fortunately, they took the route I was going to take them on, so it wasn't a total bust. Fortunately.
I followed that with some heavy lifting once I was back.
Tomorrow I go longer, much longer, along the same stretch of the Mount Vernon Trail.
Now I can look forward to Hitler Youthing my way across DC...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.70 14:12 14:12 08:21 08:21 1.70
1.70 29:30 15:18 09:00 08:41 3.40
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
35min on elliptical + weights, 4 SEP 07, Clarksville TN
Nothing in the iThink, save They Might Be Giants, "Older" (undoubtedly influenced by Sunday's Rollercoaster Massacre)
WX at 0800: 73 (23) 66 (19) 30.08 (1018) Calm haze RH 78
Odometer 3: N/A
Z2.
I hate morning TV. The only thing I could tolerate watching was Spaceballs (on Comedy Central). Seriously. Literally nothing else, less CNN Headline News. I refuse to voluntarily watch Fox News Channel...Ein Volk, Ein Führer, Ein Reich, Ein News Channel.
I had forgotten Daphne Zuniga was in Spaceballs...as well as a very young Bill Pullman.
The lifting was harder than the elliptical. It was good to get a little heavy lifting (12x12x10 bench press, 10x10x10 lat pulldown, 10x10x10 arm curl, 25x25x25 rectus abdominus crunches), but the elliptical was easy work.
WX at 0800: 73 (23) 66 (19) 30.08 (1018) Calm haze RH 78
Odometer 3: N/A
Z2.
I hate morning TV. The only thing I could tolerate watching was Spaceballs (on Comedy Central). Seriously. Literally nothing else, less CNN Headline News. I refuse to voluntarily watch Fox News Channel...Ein Volk, Ein Führer, Ein Reich, Ein News Channel.
I had forgotten Daphne Zuniga was in Spaceballs...as well as a very young Bill Pullman.
The lifting was harder than the elliptical. It was good to get a little heavy lifting (12x12x10 bench press, 10x10x10 lat pulldown, 10x10x10 arm curl, 25x25x25 rectus abdominus crunches), but the elliptical was easy work.
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Sick, yet entertaining
It's been a while since I laughed so hard I shed tears...regardless of its improbability.
PWNED, anyone?
Roller Coaster Massacre
PWNED, anyone?
Roller Coaster Massacre
Saturday, September 01, 2007
6.8mi, 57:13, 1 SEP 07, Fort Leavenworth KS
Paul Oakenfold, "Ready Steady Go"
WX at 0800: 64.0 (17.8) 54.0 (12.2) 30.19 (1022) E 7 RH 70
Odometer 4: 207.0mi
Z3.
Nothing like a day of mostly negative splits to start the month!
The weather was undoubtedly a factor too.
Not many folks out on a Saturday morning, but inevitably, when I see other people running, whether in the same or opposite direction, I feel the need to burn them. Of course, this does not apply to the folks who are very capable of doing the same to me in turn.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.27 02:21 02:21 08:44 08:44 0.27
1.24 12:56 10:35 08:32 08:34 1.51
0.85 20:17 07:21 08:39 08:36 2.36
1.24 30:42 10:25 08:24 08:32 3.60
0.85 37:52 07:10 08:26 08:31 4.45
1.24 47:52 10:00 08:04 08:25 5.69
0.85 54:56 07:04 08:19 08:24 6.54
0.27 57:13 02:17 08:27 08:24 6.81
WX at 0800: 64.0 (17.8) 54.0 (12.2) 30.19 (1022) E 7 RH 70
Odometer 4: 207.0mi
Z3.
Nothing like a day of mostly negative splits to start the month!
The weather was undoubtedly a factor too.
Not many folks out on a Saturday morning, but inevitably, when I see other people running, whether in the same or opposite direction, I feel the need to burn them. Of course, this does not apply to the folks who are very capable of doing the same to me in turn.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.27 02:21 02:21 08:44 08:44 0.27
1.24 12:56 10:35 08:32 08:34 1.51
0.85 20:17 07:21 08:39 08:36 2.36
1.24 30:42 10:25 08:24 08:32 3.60
0.85 37:52 07:10 08:26 08:31 4.45
1.24 47:52 10:00 08:04 08:25 5.69
0.85 54:56 07:04 08:19 08:24 6.54
0.27 57:13 02:17 08:27 08:24 6.81
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
6,000m on Concept2 Model C, 25:49, 29 AUG 07, Fort Campbell KY
Hüsker Dü, "Eight Miles High"
WX at 0700: 77.2 (25.1) 70.0 (21.1) 30.11 (1019) SSW 6 RH 79
Odometer 1: 30.0mi N/A
Z4.
I had misplaced my ID, and ended up having to get a visitor pass to enter Fort Campbell this morning. I briefly thought about booting PT altogether, but I decided afterwards that maybe there might be some utility in cranking away on the Concept, so I did. I was pleasantly surprised that I was holding faster, but it's easy to gauge that I'm going faster in the first 2000m. The real determinant is hanging on at about the halfway mark. Since I didn't want to go too far, I decided to hold at 6,000m, and was holding about 2:07-2:10 most of the way.
I think the strength work is helping, but I need to start working legs again. On the bright side, I didn't feel like I was going to woof after I got done spinning.
Splits
Distance: 6000
Time: 0:25:49
Per 500m: 02:09
Drag Factor : 181
Per Mile: 0:06:55
WX at 0700: 77.2 (25.1) 70.0 (21.1) 30.11 (1019) SSW 6 RH 79
Odometer 1: 30.0mi N/A
Z4.
I had misplaced my ID, and ended up having to get a visitor pass to enter Fort Campbell this morning. I briefly thought about booting PT altogether, but I decided afterwards that maybe there might be some utility in cranking away on the Concept, so I did. I was pleasantly surprised that I was holding faster, but it's easy to gauge that I'm going faster in the first 2000m. The real determinant is hanging on at about the halfway mark. Since I didn't want to go too far, I decided to hold at 6,000m, and was holding about 2:07-2:10 most of the way.
I think the strength work is helping, but I need to start working legs again. On the bright side, I didn't feel like I was going to woof after I got done spinning.
Splits
Distance: 6000
Time: 0:25:49
Per 500m: 02:09
Drag Factor : 181
Per Mile: 0:06:55
4.2mi, 35:18, 28 AUG 07, Fort Campbell KY
Hilary Duff, "Wake Up"
WX at 0700: 75 (24) DP 66 (18) BP 30.06 (1017.3) calm RH 74
Odometer 4: 200.2mi
Z3.
For a run that wasn't supposed to be too hard, I didn't realize I was going 8:00/mi pace at the end. It felt a little hard, but not hard, hard.
This is perhaps vindication that lifting has done good things for my running. I'm probably in as good as shape as I've ever been since starting my informal lifting program.
I thought briefly about cranking away on the Concept, but I concentrated more on heavy strength work, mostly in bench press, incline press, lat pulldown on free weights, and some fly work. I guess I should start doing some flys to work some other aspects of chest, and I did some ab work just to make sure I was staying honest...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.86 07:51 07:51 09:08 09:08 0.86
0.90 15:36 07:45 08:37 08:52 1.76
1.26 25:32 09:56 07:53 08:27 3.02
1.22 35:18 09:46 08:00 08:20 4.24
WX at 0700: 75 (24) DP 66 (18) BP 30.06 (1017.3) calm RH 74
Odometer 4: 200.2mi
Z3.
For a run that wasn't supposed to be too hard, I didn't realize I was going 8:00/mi pace at the end. It felt a little hard, but not hard, hard.
This is perhaps vindication that lifting has done good things for my running. I'm probably in as good as shape as I've ever been since starting my informal lifting program.
I thought briefly about cranking away on the Concept, but I concentrated more on heavy strength work, mostly in bench press, incline press, lat pulldown on free weights, and some fly work. I guess I should start doing some flys to work some other aspects of chest, and I did some ab work just to make sure I was staying honest...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.86 07:51 07:51 09:08 09:08 0.86
0.90 15:36 07:45 08:37 08:52 1.76
1.26 25:32 09:56 07:53 08:27 3.02
1.22 35:18 09:46 08:00 08:20 4.24
Monday, August 27, 2007
30min on elliptical, 27 AUG 07, Clarksville TN
Nothing in the iThink, just reflections on how vapid American TV is.
WX at 0700: 69.1 (20.6) DP 59.0 (15.0) BP 30.05 (1017) N 3 RH 70
Odometer 3: N/A
Z3 low.
Today was mostly about lifting more than any aerobic work. The 30 minutes on the elliptical was just to burn off some lactate from yesterday's trail runs.
This morning was all about making sure today wouldn't become a day of "do nothing but eat."
WX at 0700: 69.1 (20.6) DP 59.0 (15.0) BP 30.05 (1017) N 3 RH 70
Odometer 3: N/A
Z3 low.
Today was mostly about lifting more than any aerobic work. The 30 minutes on the elliptical was just to burn off some lactate from yesterday's trail runs.
This morning was all about making sure today wouldn't become a day of "do nothing but eat."
Sunday, August 26, 2007
6.8mi, 78:20, 26 AUG 07, Clarksville TN
Hilary Duff, "Wake Up"
Lillis à Laoire, "Wander my Friends"
The Legion of Doom, "Dangerous Business Since 1979"
Aly & AJ, "Slow Down" (which I tried to purge in vain)
WX at 1100: 84.0 (28.9) 64.0 (17.8) 30.04 (1017) NNE 7 RH 51
WX at 1000: 80.1 (26.7) 66.0 (18.9) 30.03 (1016) NNE 8 RH 62
WX at 0900: 73.9 (23.3) 66.0 (18.9) 30.04 (1017) N 8 RH 76
Odometer 1: 30.0mi
Z3, Z4 high going uphill.
Today was a day to work off the last two days of "do nothing but eat." I decided to take a slightly different take on running multiple loops of Dunbar Cave State Park's recovery trail (the 1.7mi loop), and concentrated on not going out too fast, which appears to have worked. I ended up taking breaks after laps 2, 3, and 4, which probably helped. While I need to keep working upper body, I realize that I need to start working lower body for raw power. Either that, or I need to start roadmarching again, which I need to do in any event, but may hold off until I get back to Fort Leavenworth to do.
In the meantime, I've become stronger, thinner, and perhaps a bit faster, and bizarrely enough, I'm running less. I think this is transitory, though. Still, a 220 pound bench press is encouraging.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.70 19:38 19:38 11:33 11:33 1.70
1.70 39:10 19:32 11:29 11:31 3.40
1.70 58:51 19:41 11:35 11:32 5.10
1.70 78:20 19:29 11:28 11:31 6.80
Lillis à Laoire, "Wander my Friends"
The Legion of Doom, "Dangerous Business Since 1979"
Aly & AJ, "Slow Down" (which I tried to purge in vain)
WX at 1100: 84.0 (28.9) 64.0 (17.8) 30.04 (1017) NNE 7 RH 51
WX at 1000: 80.1 (26.7) 66.0 (18.9) 30.03 (1016) NNE 8 RH 62
WX at 0900: 73.9 (23.3) 66.0 (18.9) 30.04 (1017) N 8 RH 76
Odometer 1: 30.0mi
Z3, Z4 high going uphill.
Today was a day to work off the last two days of "do nothing but eat." I decided to take a slightly different take on running multiple loops of Dunbar Cave State Park's recovery trail (the 1.7mi loop), and concentrated on not going out too fast, which appears to have worked. I ended up taking breaks after laps 2, 3, and 4, which probably helped. While I need to keep working upper body, I realize that I need to start working lower body for raw power. Either that, or I need to start roadmarching again, which I need to do in any event, but may hold off until I get back to Fort Leavenworth to do.
In the meantime, I've become stronger, thinner, and perhaps a bit faster, and bizarrely enough, I'm running less. I think this is transitory, though. Still, a 220 pound bench press is encouraging.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.70 19:38 19:38 11:33 11:33 1.70
1.70 39:10 19:32 11:29 11:31 3.40
1.70 58:51 19:41 11:35 11:32 5.10
1.70 78:20 19:29 11:28 11:31 6.80
Thursday, August 23, 2007
7,000m on Concept2 Model C, 30:49, 23 AUG 07, Fort Campbell KY
mewithoutyou, "January 1979"
WX at 0700: 75.0 (23.9) DP 67.1 (19.5) BP 30.07 (1018) Calm RH 77
Odometer 4: 196mi N/A
Z3.
I was cranking away and could feel the lactate building up as I was grinding away. I had to call it quits because I felt like I was going to woof.
Interestingly, there was another guy on the Concept2 here before me, but he was on crutches and he was trying to do something different since he couldn't run. Good for him.
I'm not sure what I'll do - but I need to sleep now. This week of not getting more than five hours of sleep a night because of my insane work schedule has gotta stop.
Splits
Distance: 7000
Time: 0:30:49
Per 500m: 02:12
Drag Factor : 184
Per Mile: 0:07:05
WX at 0700: 75.0 (23.9) DP 67.1 (19.5) BP 30.07 (1018) Calm RH 77
Odometer 4: 196mi N/A
Z3.
I was cranking away and could feel the lactate building up as I was grinding away. I had to call it quits because I felt like I was going to woof.
Interestingly, there was another guy on the Concept2 here before me, but he was on crutches and he was trying to do something different since he couldn't run. Good for him.
I'm not sure what I'll do - but I need to sleep now. This week of not getting more than five hours of sleep a night because of my insane work schedule has gotta stop.
Splits
Distance: 7000
Time: 0:30:49
Per 500m: 02:12
Drag Factor : 184
Per Mile: 0:07:05
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
35min on elliptical, 22 AUG 07, Clarksville TN
Nothing in the iThink, because I was reading Henry D. Sokolski, ed., Getting MAD: Nuclear Mutual Assured Destruction, Its Origins and Practice
WX at 0600: 77.0 (25.0) DP 66.0 (18.9) BP 30.04 (1017) SSW 5 RH 68
Odometer 4: 196mi equivalent
Z2.
I've had this book for a while; I've been meaning to read it, but I really didn't feel like fighting traffic coming in, so I decided to go for an easy read and some wogging on the elliptical.
I also lifted, mostly to make sure I was staying mostly on track and not getting much weaker, which has not happened yet. Yet.
WX at 0600: 77.0 (25.0) DP 66.0 (18.9) BP 30.04 (1017) SSW 5 RH 68
Odometer 4: 196mi equivalent
Z2.
I've had this book for a while; I've been meaning to read it, but I really didn't feel like fighting traffic coming in, so I decided to go for an easy read and some wogging on the elliptical.
I also lifted, mostly to make sure I was staying mostly on track and not getting much weaker, which has not happened yet. Yet.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
5.8mi, 49:32, 20 AUG 07, Fort Campbell KY
The Cure, "Out of Mind"
The All-American Rejects, "Move Along"
WX at 0700: 78.4 (25.8) DP 69.3 (20.7) BP 30.02 (1016) SSW 8 RH 74
Odometer 4: 193.8mi
Z3.
For not working very hard, it sure seemed like I was going faster than I thought. If I'm going 8:32/mi aggregate pace for not working very hard, I guess I should be gratified.
Tomorrow I will spin on the Concept, something I was going to do today, but after the air conditioner went out in my apartment last night, I wasn't about to be inside and sweat when I could be outside and sweat instead.
It's been a little while since I've had whitewalls, though; having the sides and back of my head shaved meant that once I started sweating, it was on, bad. Sweat going everywhere. Yay.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
2.90 25:03 25:03 08:38 08:38 2.90
2.90 49:32 24:29 08:27 08:32 5.80
The All-American Rejects, "Move Along"
WX at 0700: 78.4 (25.8) DP 69.3 (20.7) BP 30.02 (1016) SSW 8 RH 74
Odometer 4: 193.8mi
Z3.
For not working very hard, it sure seemed like I was going faster than I thought. If I'm going 8:32/mi aggregate pace for not working very hard, I guess I should be gratified.
Tomorrow I will spin on the Concept, something I was going to do today, but after the air conditioner went out in my apartment last night, I wasn't about to be inside and sweat when I could be outside and sweat instead.
It's been a little while since I've had whitewalls, though; having the sides and back of my head shaved meant that once I started sweating, it was on, bad. Sweat going everywhere. Yay.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
2.90 25:03 25:03 08:38 08:38 2.90
2.90 49:32 24:29 08:27 08:32 5.80
Sunday, August 19, 2007
5.1mi, 60:41, 19 AUG 07, Clarksville TN
J.S. Bach, movement 3 to Double Concert for 2 violins in d minor
WX at 1100: 89.1 (31.7) DP 68.0 (20.0) BP 30.09 (1018) SW 8 RH 49
WX at 1000: 86.0 (30.0) DP 66.9 (19.4) BP 30.08 (1018) S 9 RH 53
Odometer 1: 23.2mi
Z4.
Slow, getting slower. Every uphill got progressively more painful as I went further, to the point where I was walking uphill. There are positive splits, and then there are POSITIVE SPLITS. Ouch.
I need to start working on lower body raw power as well...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.70 19:16 19:16 11:20 11:20 1.70
1.70 39:12 19:56 11:44 11:32 3.40
1.70 00:41 21:29 12:38 11:54 5.10
WX at 1100: 89.1 (31.7) DP 68.0 (20.0) BP 30.09 (1018) SW 8 RH 49
WX at 1000: 86.0 (30.0) DP 66.9 (19.4) BP 30.08 (1018) S 9 RH 53
Odometer 1: 23.2mi
Z4.
Slow, getting slower. Every uphill got progressively more painful as I went further, to the point where I was walking uphill. There are positive splits, and then there are POSITIVE SPLITS. Ouch.
I need to start working on lower body raw power as well...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.70 19:16 19:16 11:20 11:20 1.70
1.70 39:12 19:56 11:44 11:32 3.40
1.70 00:41 21:29 12:38 11:54 5.10
Saturday, August 18, 2007
35min on elliptical, 18 AUG 07, Clarksville TN
Suicidal Tendencies, "No Fuck'n Problem"
WX at 1000: 82.9 (28.3) DP 55.0 (12.8) BP 30.16 (1021) ESE 8 RH 38
Odometer 4: 188.0mi relative
Z2.
Not going too hard - planning on running 8+ on hills tomorrow, so today was a day of relative discretion. Not too hard, but no heart rate above 155 today.
I find it wryly ironic that I have a Suicidal Tendencies song as my iThink mantra today as the conduct of work in the last few days has seen me pull anywhere from 14-16 hours at work every day this week...with the exception of yesterday, which was only about 12. The content of work is a separate discussion, but it's the first time I've done this kind of work this intensively since 1999, and I am out of practice.
Some lifting went in with this.
This is the first time in a while that I've been consistently below the cutoff for getting taped for body fat percentage. I can't say I'm arguing, although it seems paradoxical that I'm doing this off less running than I've ever done before, and that I've been getting stronger than I have in the past. That may be a bizarrely useful correlation. Maybe.
Splits
None in this case.
WX at 1000: 82.9 (28.3) DP 55.0 (12.8) BP 30.16 (1021) ESE 8 RH 38
Odometer 4: 188.0mi relative
Z2.
Not going too hard - planning on running 8+ on hills tomorrow, so today was a day of relative discretion. Not too hard, but no heart rate above 155 today.
I find it wryly ironic that I have a Suicidal Tendencies song as my iThink mantra today as the conduct of work in the last few days has seen me pull anywhere from 14-16 hours at work every day this week...with the exception of yesterday, which was only about 12. The content of work is a separate discussion, but it's the first time I've done this kind of work this intensively since 1999, and I am out of practice.
Some lifting went in with this.
This is the first time in a while that I've been consistently below the cutoff for getting taped for body fat percentage. I can't say I'm arguing, although it seems paradoxical that I'm doing this off less running than I've ever done before, and that I've been getting stronger than I have in the past. That may be a bizarrely useful correlation. Maybe.
Splits
None in this case.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
35 minutes on elliptical, 15 AUG 07, Clarksville TN
Ultimate Fakebook, "Goddamn Dance Craze"
WX at 0500: 68.0 (20.0) DP 62.1 (16.7) BP 29.91 (1012) Calm RH 81
Odometer 4: 184.0mi approximate
Z3.
Needed to get something in before having to show up to work at 6:30am. Yay.
More lifting, but 35 minutes of elliptical on high resistance, especially after yesterday's fast run, was no joke.
Still, better to wake up at 4:30am and do something rather than have a day of "nothing but eat."
WX at 0500: 68.0 (20.0) DP 62.1 (16.7) BP 29.91 (1012) Calm RH 81
Odometer 4: 184.0mi approximate
Z3.
Needed to get something in before having to show up to work at 6:30am. Yay.
More lifting, but 35 minutes of elliptical on high resistance, especially after yesterday's fast run, was no joke.
Still, better to wake up at 4:30am and do something rather than have a day of "nothing but eat."
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
5.8mi, 45:52, 14 AUG 07, Fort Campbell KY
Aly & AJ, "Chemicals React" (both English and Simlish versions)
WX at 0700: 69.3 (20.7) DP 63.1 (17.3) BP 30.02 (1016) Calm RH 81
Odometer 4: 181.0mi
Z4 high.
This is, unquestionably, the hardest distance run I've done in a while.
It was, unquestionably, by far the fastest run I've done during the summer months in a long, long time. This serves as an interesting validation for my cross-training program, where I've been losing weight and running faster because I was doing things OTHER than running.
There are running mantras that work - I was pleasantly surprised how well this new one works - and it's a more consistent one than some of the others I've used in the past.
I was reeling in folks left and right - but latched onto someone who was going about the same speed as me. I was attempting to reel this person in, but got away from me in a finishing acceleration. I was about tapped out, but I didn't realize I was averaging sub-8-minute pace until I did the math. Keen!
I should be more concerned with the fact that I ran progressive more positive splits, but this is validation indeed.
That was good, because I was witness to some punishing staff work later on today. It was tedious, but it's important. We're getting there...eventually.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.44 10:48 10:48 07:30 07:30 1.44
1.46 22:15 11:27 07:51 07:40 2.90
1.53 34:42 12:27 08:08 07:50 4.43
1.37 45:52 11:10 08:09 07:54 5.80
WX at 0700: 69.3 (20.7) DP 63.1 (17.3) BP 30.02 (1016) Calm RH 81
Odometer 4: 181.0mi
Z4 high.
This is, unquestionably, the hardest distance run I've done in a while.
It was, unquestionably, by far the fastest run I've done during the summer months in a long, long time. This serves as an interesting validation for my cross-training program, where I've been losing weight and running faster because I was doing things OTHER than running.
There are running mantras that work - I was pleasantly surprised how well this new one works - and it's a more consistent one than some of the others I've used in the past.
I was reeling in folks left and right - but latched onto someone who was going about the same speed as me. I was attempting to reel this person in, but got away from me in a finishing acceleration. I was about tapped out, but I didn't realize I was averaging sub-8-minute pace until I did the math. Keen!
I should be more concerned with the fact that I ran progressive more positive splits, but this is validation indeed.
That was good, because I was witness to some punishing staff work later on today. It was tedious, but it's important. We're getting there...eventually.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.44 10:48 10:48 07:30 07:30 1.44
1.46 22:15 11:27 07:51 07:40 2.90
1.53 34:42 12:27 08:08 07:50 4.43
1.37 45:52 11:10 08:09 07:54 5.80
Monday, August 13, 2007
30 min on elliptical, 13 AUG 07, Clarksville TN
Nothing. Watching Battlestar Galactica on the workout room TV.
WX at 0800: 78.1 (25.6) DP 64.9 (18.3) BP 30.06 (1017) Calm RH 64
Odometer 3: N/A
Z3.
A little more effort on the elliptical, to try to elevate heart rate, since I didn't feel like going in to work earlier this morning. I'll go in after posting this.
Prior to elliptical: bench press, incline press, shoulder press, lat pulldown, lat pulldown with hands reversed, some elevated leg crunches, standing bicep curl. There is some noticeable improvement - I am definitely getting stronger.
I also appear to be trimming out, in spite of my occasional bouts of catharsis drinking. I say occasional since it's usually a few weeks in between those events. Deploying to theater and going under General Order 1 will probably do wonders for my health. The likelihood of my getting spammed in combat is relatively small given the scope of my duties, unless I'm just in the wrong place at the wrong time and whatever aircraft I happen to be in flies into the side of a mountain...which has happened once or twice in the last few years.
I find it bizarrely ironic that this morning's BSG episode was "Taking a Break from All Your Worries." I swear to god I can't fucking make this up.
WX at 0800: 78.1 (25.6) DP 64.9 (18.3) BP 30.06 (1017) Calm RH 64
Odometer 3: N/A
Z3.
A little more effort on the elliptical, to try to elevate heart rate, since I didn't feel like going in to work earlier this morning. I'll go in after posting this.
Prior to elliptical: bench press, incline press, shoulder press, lat pulldown, lat pulldown with hands reversed, some elevated leg crunches, standing bicep curl. There is some noticeable improvement - I am definitely getting stronger.
I also appear to be trimming out, in spite of my occasional bouts of catharsis drinking. I say occasional since it's usually a few weeks in between those events. Deploying to theater and going under General Order 1 will probably do wonders for my health. The likelihood of my getting spammed in combat is relatively small given the scope of my duties, unless I'm just in the wrong place at the wrong time and whatever aircraft I happen to be in flies into the side of a mountain...which has happened once or twice in the last few years.
I find it bizarrely ironic that this morning's BSG episode was "Taking a Break from All Your Worries." I swear to god I can't fucking make this up.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
45 minutes on elliptical, 11 AUG 07, Clarksville TN
Aly & AJ, "Chemicals React" (in English)
Aly & AJ, "Chemicals React" (in Simlish)
WX at 1000: 89.2 (31.8) DP 66.7 (19.3) BP 30.06 (1017) E 9 clear RH 47
Odometer 4: 172.5mi constructive estimate 175mi based on relative strain
Z3.
It'd been a while since I lifted, so I went to the gym in the apartments in which I'm currently living. That wasn't so bad. I did some lat pulldowns, standing curls, bench presses, shoulder presses, and some crunches. I'm not really doing all that to beat a certain level of strength - but mostly to get stronger.
One of my coworkers from Iraq had told me I had the potential to become much bigger and stronger than I was - which ran counter to what I traditionally do to lose weight and run more, to get thinner. Lately I've changed my focus to try to see what working on strength (rather than just endurance) will do. It also gets some different energies out as I push weights rather than just wogging along.
And yes, the Aly & AJ songs stem from the Disney Channel. I like the song, fuck off.
It's not the first song, though, that I've heard done in Simlish, and the contrarian in me likes it enough for it to stick in my mind, and not in a negative way.
Aly & AJ, "Chemicals React" (in Simlish)
WX at 1000: 89.2 (31.8) DP 66.7 (19.3) BP 30.06 (1017) E 9 clear RH 47
Odometer 4: 172.5mi constructive estimate 175mi based on relative strain
Z3.
It'd been a while since I lifted, so I went to the gym in the apartments in which I'm currently living. That wasn't so bad. I did some lat pulldowns, standing curls, bench presses, shoulder presses, and some crunches. I'm not really doing all that to beat a certain level of strength - but mostly to get stronger.
One of my coworkers from Iraq had told me I had the potential to become much bigger and stronger than I was - which ran counter to what I traditionally do to lose weight and run more, to get thinner. Lately I've changed my focus to try to see what working on strength (rather than just endurance) will do. It also gets some different energies out as I push weights rather than just wogging along.
And yes, the Aly & AJ songs stem from the Disney Channel. I like the song, fuck off.
It's not the first song, though, that I've heard done in Simlish, and the contrarian in me likes it enough for it to stick in my mind, and not in a negative way.
6.9mi, 0:55:56, 10 AUG 07, Fort Campbell KY
The Bats, "Courage"
The Legion of Doom, "Dangerous Business Since 1979"
WX at 0700: 77 (25) DP 72 (22.2) BP 29.97 (1014.2) N 8 clear RH 85
Odometer 1: 18.1mi
Z3 high.
First time running this area, and I'm not sure about distances. I have a hard time believing I was actually running as fast as the figures say I was.
It was good to run hills, which were a humbling experience.
I stopped briefly to chat with an old friend from the last deployment, who I passed as I was running. Well, maybe not briefly, if it was 20 minutes...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.01 07:43 07:43 07:38 07:38 1.01
1.26 19:10 11:27 09:05 08:27 2.27
0.89 26:09 06:59 07:51 08:17 3.16
0.89 33:09 07:00 07:52 08:11 4.05
1.25 43:39 10:30 08:24 08:14 5.30
1.57 55:56 12:17 07:49 08:09 6.87
The Legion of Doom, "Dangerous Business Since 1979"
WX at 0700: 77 (25) DP 72 (22.2) BP 29.97 (1014.2) N 8 clear RH 85
Odometer 1: 18.1mi
Z3 high.
First time running this area, and I'm not sure about distances. I have a hard time believing I was actually running as fast as the figures say I was.
It was good to run hills, which were a humbling experience.
I stopped briefly to chat with an old friend from the last deployment, who I passed as I was running. Well, maybe not briefly, if it was 20 minutes...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.01 07:43 07:43 07:38 07:38 1.01
1.26 19:10 11:27 09:05 08:27 2.27
0.89 26:09 06:59 07:51 08:17 3.16
0.89 33:09 07:00 07:52 08:11 4.05
1.25 43:39 10:30 08:24 08:14 5.30
1.57 55:56 12:17 07:49 08:09 6.87
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
4000m on Concept2 Model C, 17:06, 7 AUG 07, Fort Campbell KY
Ultimate Fakebook, "Wrestling Leap Year"
Blue Oyster Cult, "Don't Fear the Reaper"
WX at 0600: 76.5 (24.7) DP 71.2 (21.8) BP 29.96 (1014) SW 3 mist RH 84
Odometer 4: 172.5mi N/A
Z4.
I got on the Concept this morning, and realized after about 4000m of cranking that I just didn't care, so I quit. First time, I think ever, that I've just up and called it quits for a session.
My greatly improved speed from whatever I was doing at Leavenworth was not enough incentive to try for something faster. I was gratified to have some of my old speed back; I attribute some of that to the straight wooden Model C grips, rather than the angled Model D grips.
The air temperature would exceed 100F today by the late morning. At some point I'll need to visit the barber shop and get some clean whitewalls as befits the weather.
The Kubelwagen has been having some brake problems...again. All things come in groups, it would seem. While I am not a serious believer in karma, recent events certainly have made it a lot harder to approach the challenges in the way I'd like...or should. Perhaps it's time to dust off Epictetus from the bookshelf and get my azimuth back.
Splits
Distance: 4000
Time: 0:17:06
Per 500m: 02:08
Drag Factor : 183
Per Mile: 0:06:53
Blue Oyster Cult, "Don't Fear the Reaper"
WX at 0600: 76.5 (24.7) DP 71.2 (21.8) BP 29.96 (1014) SW 3 mist RH 84
Odometer 4: 172.5mi N/A
Z4.
I got on the Concept this morning, and realized after about 4000m of cranking that I just didn't care, so I quit. First time, I think ever, that I've just up and called it quits for a session.
My greatly improved speed from whatever I was doing at Leavenworth was not enough incentive to try for something faster. I was gratified to have some of my old speed back; I attribute some of that to the straight wooden Model C grips, rather than the angled Model D grips.
The air temperature would exceed 100F today by the late morning. At some point I'll need to visit the barber shop and get some clean whitewalls as befits the weather.
The Kubelwagen has been having some brake problems...again. All things come in groups, it would seem. While I am not a serious believer in karma, recent events certainly have made it a lot harder to approach the challenges in the way I'd like...or should. Perhaps it's time to dust off Epictetus from the bookshelf and get my azimuth back.
Splits
Distance: 4000
Time: 0:17:06
Per 500m: 02:08
Drag Factor : 183
Per Mile: 0:06:53
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Resentment
Is the word I've been trying to remember the last few days.
When I think of Household6, the word that comes to mind is not anger, nor is it frustration, but most properly, resentment. Just had to remember that before I forget it again.
I must differentiate carefully what the implications of resentment are versus frustration or anger, or for that matter, white-hot rage.
When I think of Household6, the word that comes to mind is not anger, nor is it frustration, but most properly, resentment. Just had to remember that before I forget it again.
I must differentiate carefully what the implications of resentment are versus frustration or anger, or for that matter, white-hot rage.
Sunday, August 05, 2007
6.0mi, 54:11, 5 AUG 07, Fort Leavenworth KS
The Legion of Doom, "Dangerous Business Since 1979"
Silverstein, "Defend You"
Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
WX at 0800: 79.0 (26.1) DP 69.1 (20.6) BP 29.87 (1011) SSW 13 RH 71
Odometer 4: 172.5mi
Z3.
I had to do something about my chronic case of the ass, so I decided to go on a relatively easy catharsis run. I try hard not to focus on my own personal life too much in these soliloquies, because I've been feeling a lot of incandescent rage in the last two weeks, mostly related to things at home.
It's been a while since I've been so angry that I redlined our minivan getting onto the interstate last week.
Exercise is a very incomplete method of getting the frustration out.
That said, today's run didn't feel so bad. At least the run part. For running in today's conditions (warm and breezy albeit getting humid) I think it's a promising sign of the road to recovery.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.32 02:56 02:56 09:10 09:10 0.32
0.89 11:26 08:30 09:36 09:29 1.21
0.68 16:54 05:28 08:01 08:57 1.89
0.67 22:50 05:56 08:55 08:57 2.55
2.24 44:42 21:52 09:45 09:19 4.80
0.86 51:50 07:08 08:15 09:09 5.66
0.32 54:11 02:21 07:22 09:04 5.98
Silverstein, "Defend You"
Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
WX at 0800: 79.0 (26.1) DP 69.1 (20.6) BP 29.87 (1011) SSW 13 RH 71
Odometer 4: 172.5mi
Z3.
I had to do something about my chronic case of the ass, so I decided to go on a relatively easy catharsis run. I try hard not to focus on my own personal life too much in these soliloquies, because I've been feeling a lot of incandescent rage in the last two weeks, mostly related to things at home.
It's been a while since I've been so angry that I redlined our minivan getting onto the interstate last week.
Exercise is a very incomplete method of getting the frustration out.
That said, today's run didn't feel so bad. At least the run part. For running in today's conditions (warm and breezy albeit getting humid) I think it's a promising sign of the road to recovery.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.32 02:56 02:56 09:10 09:10 0.32
0.89 11:26 08:30 09:36 09:29 1.21
0.68 16:54 05:28 08:01 08:57 1.89
0.67 22:50 05:56 08:55 08:57 2.55
2.24 44:42 21:52 09:45 09:19 4.80
0.86 51:50 07:08 08:15 09:09 5.66
0.32 54:11 02:21 07:22 09:04 5.98
Friday, August 03, 2007
2.8mi + 5,000m on Concept2 Model C, 22:06, 3 AUG 07, Fort Leavenworth KS
The Legion of Doom, "Dangerous Business Since 1979"
WX at 1000: 81.0 (27.2) DP 70.0 (21.1) BP 30.1 (1019) NNE 5 RH 69
Odometer 4: 165.5mi
Z2 run, Z4 spin.
Today marked screwing around with somewhat lower drag factors than I've been grinding over the last few spin sessions on the Concept. Today was productive, and I was peaking out at about 2:10-2:11/500m, but it was more important that I get some legitimate effort out.
Then I decided to lift. I realize my core muscles are pretty strong; my triceps, pectorals, and deltoids need some work, but 220# bench press on a circuit machine doesn't always translate into analogous performance for 90 degree shoulder presses or overhead presses. That, and lat pulldowns, as I need to do for upper back.
I'm still kicking around whether I want to get thinner or bigger; I think I may experiment with the bigger for a while, especially as I get ready for Air Assault School, which is still in the forseeable future - I hope.
Good god did the run back suck. That brought a new meaning to the phrase "out of gas," especially after going uphill. I know I shouldn't be too bent out of shape about it since I had been working lower body pretty continuously as I was spinning away on the Concept, but it's still a great way to notch you down a few when you're killing yourself on an uphill of all of 150m.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.39 12:07 12:07 08:43 08:43 1.39
Distance: 5000
Time: 0:22:06
Per 500m: 02:13
Drag Factor : 174
Per Mile: 0:07:07
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.39 26:15 14:08 10:10 09:27 2.78
WX at 1000: 81.0 (27.2) DP 70.0 (21.1) BP 30.1 (1019) NNE 5 RH 69
Odometer 4: 165.5mi
Z2 run, Z4 spin.
Today marked screwing around with somewhat lower drag factors than I've been grinding over the last few spin sessions on the Concept. Today was productive, and I was peaking out at about 2:10-2:11/500m, but it was more important that I get some legitimate effort out.
Then I decided to lift. I realize my core muscles are pretty strong; my triceps, pectorals, and deltoids need some work, but 220# bench press on a circuit machine doesn't always translate into analogous performance for 90 degree shoulder presses or overhead presses. That, and lat pulldowns, as I need to do for upper back.
I'm still kicking around whether I want to get thinner or bigger; I think I may experiment with the bigger for a while, especially as I get ready for Air Assault School, which is still in the forseeable future - I hope.
Good god did the run back suck. That brought a new meaning to the phrase "out of gas," especially after going uphill. I know I shouldn't be too bent out of shape about it since I had been working lower body pretty continuously as I was spinning away on the Concept, but it's still a great way to notch you down a few when you're killing yourself on an uphill of all of 150m.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.39 12:07 12:07 08:43 08:43 1.39
Distance: 5000
Time: 0:22:06
Per 500m: 02:13
Drag Factor : 174
Per Mile: 0:07:07
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.39 26:15 14:08 10:10 09:27 2.78
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Unbefuckinglievable
Barack Obama says he'd authorize troops to go into Pakistan to chase down terrorists because he thinks the Pakistani government is unwilling to do it.
I think my biggest problem with this is a basic misunderstanding of how we create more terrorists. Attacking Baluchistan or the Federally Administered Tribal Areas is akin to kicking a hornet's nest, then casually ambling TOWARDS the nest coated in sugar.
That Americans are not ridiculing this insane rationale for action highlights one of the most fundamental problems with the Long War...that people think that with some free market economy and internet connectivity, that we can win the war because suddenly people in Central Asia can watch two girls kissing on YouTube and we will turn them all into good little capitalist democrats.
Between unilaterally withdrawing from Iraq, a course of action that ignores some basic realities of how to fight counterinsurgencies and not incidentally is an act of war against a country which is, regardless of popular belief, an ally, is one of the most inept things I've heard in a while.
As much as we have problems with Musharraf as a national leader, the alternative pickings are pretty slim. Sometimes surrogate warfare means you don't have the luxury of dealing with Mother Teresa and Joan of Arc. There's not enough damn Schlitz in the freezer to write that check...and it would make the Long War into the Forever War.
That would be akin to saying "bring it on" while dropping dehydrated pork patties all over the Middle East as our military charges into northwest Pakistan to the tune of the Team America theme song.
When I think the American public has the stomach for the kind of sustained bruising fight that it would produce, maybe I'd be less dismissive of this spitball of a course of action, but I distrust the American electorate to the point where I'm afraid this might actually get some traction.
I think my biggest problem with this is a basic misunderstanding of how we create more terrorists. Attacking Baluchistan or the Federally Administered Tribal Areas is akin to kicking a hornet's nest, then casually ambling TOWARDS the nest coated in sugar.
That Americans are not ridiculing this insane rationale for action highlights one of the most fundamental problems with the Long War...that people think that with some free market economy and internet connectivity, that we can win the war because suddenly people in Central Asia can watch two girls kissing on YouTube and we will turn them all into good little capitalist democrats.
Between unilaterally withdrawing from Iraq, a course of action that ignores some basic realities of how to fight counterinsurgencies and not incidentally is an act of war against a country which is, regardless of popular belief, an ally, is one of the most inept things I've heard in a while.
As much as we have problems with Musharraf as a national leader, the alternative pickings are pretty slim. Sometimes surrogate warfare means you don't have the luxury of dealing with Mother Teresa and Joan of Arc. There's not enough damn Schlitz in the freezer to write that check...and it would make the Long War into the Forever War.
That would be akin to saying "bring it on" while dropping dehydrated pork patties all over the Middle East as our military charges into northwest Pakistan to the tune of the Team America theme song.
When I think the American public has the stomach for the kind of sustained bruising fight that it would produce, maybe I'd be less dismissive of this spitball of a course of action, but I distrust the American electorate to the point where I'm afraid this might actually get some traction.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
4.7mi, 42:40, 29 JUL 07, Fort Leavenworth KS
50FootWave, "Hot, Pink, Distorted"
WX at 0800: 72.0 (22.2) DP 66.9 (19.4) 29.96 (1014) NE 7 light rain RH 81
Odometer 4: 162.7mi
Z3 low.
Ah, the joys of being back home. Nothing like disrupting the daily rhythm and fucking up the various attitudes of the children because now I'm back home. At least that's how Household6 puts it. I wonder occasionally why I come back home, because I seem to miss Household6 and the Rugrats a lot more when I'm away from them than when I'm back at home and it's not what I expect it'll be.
I'm glad I went for a run. I'm glad to have had a decent running mantra, for once. I'm glad I had the presence of mind to correct a soldier who was running on post in uniform with his shirt hanging out. And I'm glad I can run sub-9-minute pace on an easy day when I just need to go out and expend lard.
And yet, I can't ignore my ire at being home.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.27 02:33 02:33 09:29 09:29 0.27
1.24 13:59 11:26 09:13 09:16 1.51
0.85 21:49 07:50 09:13 09:15 2.36
1.24 32:42 10:53 08:47 09:05 3.60
0.85 40:16 07:34 08:54 09:03 4.45
0.27 42:40 02:24 08:53 09:02 4.72
WX at 0800: 72.0 (22.2) DP 66.9 (19.4) 29.96 (1014) NE 7 light rain RH 81
Odometer 4: 162.7mi
Z3 low.
Ah, the joys of being back home. Nothing like disrupting the daily rhythm and fucking up the various attitudes of the children because now I'm back home. At least that's how Household6 puts it. I wonder occasionally why I come back home, because I seem to miss Household6 and the Rugrats a lot more when I'm away from them than when I'm back at home and it's not what I expect it'll be.
I'm glad I went for a run. I'm glad to have had a decent running mantra, for once. I'm glad I had the presence of mind to correct a soldier who was running on post in uniform with his shirt hanging out. And I'm glad I can run sub-9-minute pace on an easy day when I just need to go out and expend lard.
And yet, I can't ignore my ire at being home.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.27 02:33 02:33 09:29 09:29 0.27
1.24 13:59 11:26 09:13 09:16 1.51
0.85 21:49 07:50 09:13 09:15 2.36
1.24 32:42 10:53 08:47 09:05 3.60
0.85 40:16 07:34 08:54 09:03 4.45
0.27 42:40 02:24 08:53 09:02 4.72
Saturday, July 28, 2007
2.8mi+ 5,000m on Concept2 Model C, 22:43, 28 JUL 07, Fort Leavenworth KS
Nothing in the iThink.
WX at 1000: 81.0 (27.2) DP 70.0 (21.1) BP 29.96 (1014) E 3 RH 69
Odometer 4: 158.0mi
Z4.
Today was surprisingly hard. The turbine on the Concept back at Fort Leavenworth must have been fixed up since I've never seen drag factors in the 190s before.
I was really working a lot harder than I thought I had to in order to hold a 2:15 pace. I was thinking to myself that I never thought I'd be satisfied to hold just under 2:20/500m, but I did. I ran back, much more slowly than I had on the way in. I had done a fair amount of lifting after spinning. Mostly bench presses and lat pulldowns, but also some crunches.
I was witness to people playing volleyball while rowing...serious, not just recreational, volleyball players. I like volleyball shorts...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.39 11:36 11:36 08:21 08:21 1.39
1.39 26:55 15:19 11:01 09:41 2.78
Distance: 5000
Time: 0:22:43
Per 500m: 02:16
Drag Factor : 195
Per Mile: 0:07:19
WX at 1000: 81.0 (27.2) DP 70.0 (21.1) BP 29.96 (1014) E 3 RH 69
Odometer 4: 158.0mi
Z4.
Today was surprisingly hard. The turbine on the Concept back at Fort Leavenworth must have been fixed up since I've never seen drag factors in the 190s before.
I was really working a lot harder than I thought I had to in order to hold a 2:15 pace. I was thinking to myself that I never thought I'd be satisfied to hold just under 2:20/500m, but I did. I ran back, much more slowly than I had on the way in. I had done a fair amount of lifting after spinning. Mostly bench presses and lat pulldowns, but also some crunches.
I was witness to people playing volleyball while rowing...serious, not just recreational, volleyball players. I like volleyball shorts...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.39 11:36 11:36 08:21 08:21 1.39
1.39 26:55 15:19 11:01 09:41 2.78
Distance: 5000
Time: 0:22:43
Per 500m: 02:16
Drag Factor : 195
Per Mile: 0:07:19
Friday, July 27, 2007
5.8mi, 48:48, 26 JUL 07, Fort Campbell KY
The Saving Graces, "Girl Automatic"
Hilary Duff, "Wake Up"
The Connells, "Fun & Games"
Sugar, "Changes"
50 Foot Wave, "Hot, Pink, Distorted"
WX at 0700: 69.1 (20.6) DP 66.0 (18.9) BP 30.06 (1017) S 3 mist RH 90
Odometer 1: 11.2mi
Z4.
I decided I wanted to see how fast I could go without really killing myself. And in new shoes, in spite of my inability to get a particular song other than the Saving Graces ones to stick, it was a productive run.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.44 11:45 11:45 08:10 08:10 1.44
1.46 24:18 12:33 08:36 08:23 2.90
1.46 36:49 12:31 08:34 08:27 4.36
1.44 48:48 11:59 08:19 08:25 5.80
Hilary Duff, "Wake Up"
The Connells, "Fun & Games"
Sugar, "Changes"
50 Foot Wave, "Hot, Pink, Distorted"
WX at 0700: 69.1 (20.6) DP 66.0 (18.9) BP 30.06 (1017) S 3 mist RH 90
Odometer 1: 11.2mi
Z4.
I decided I wanted to see how fast I could go without really killing myself. And in new shoes, in spite of my inability to get a particular song other than the Saving Graces ones to stick, it was a productive run.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.44 11:45 11:45 08:10 08:10 1.44
1.46 24:18 12:33 08:36 08:23 2.90
1.46 36:49 12:31 08:34 08:27 4.36
1.44 48:48 11:59 08:19 08:25 5.80
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
10,000m on Concept2 Model C, 43:55, 25 JUL 07, Fort Campbell KY
Bear McCreary, "Passacaglia"
WX at 0700: 64.9 (18.3) DP 63.5 (17.5) BP 30.05 (1017) Calm mist RH 95
Odometer 4: 156.2mi N/A
Z4.
I damn near woofed after my spinning session. It started out okay, holding about 2:10-2:11/500m, but there were portions that I could only grind out at about 2:14-2:16/500m. Had it not been for those slow patches, I think I would've done better. I know I've been able, once built up, to hold about 2:07-2:10/500m, but I think that took some substantial training effort.
Otherwise, I finished strong, going at about 2:05/500m or so in the last 500m, but I was intent on finishing within 44 minutes. Then I did some lifting (bench and shoulder presses), so my arms are actually quite sore right now.
It's very unusual to think of Bear McCreary in a gym packed full of people lifting weights, but I really had a hard time trying to come up with a legitimate mantra this morning. Even most of my guilty pleasures wouldn't float this morning.
It was interesting to see the Concept sitting mostly unused as the gym was packed full of troops this morning...which is part of the reason why I do what I do.
Splits
Distance: 10000
Time: 0:43:55
Per 500m: 02:12
Drag Factor : 184
Per Mile: 0:07:04
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Diagnostic APFT, 289 points, 24 JUL 07, Fort Campbell KY
Dinbot, "Hot Buttered Bizkits"
WX at 0600: 61.7 (16.5) DP 59.0 (15.0) BP 30.03 (1016) Calm RH 91
Odometer 1: 5.3mi
Z4.
This is a big improvement from the last time around! I ran some 50 seconds faster than I did in May.
The first two events were pretty uneventful. What differed was that I did very little in the way of pushups or situps to prepare for the test. I had been doing some lifting, and that might have been a factor, but otherwise, between spinning on the Concept and lifting and some running, that was it. I don't feel like I'm at any risk of not getting 100 points on each of the strength events, so that's a good sign.
I felt surprisingly okay during this run. I could have been that I was slightly warmed up, but this run did not kill me the same way that APFT runs do, usually. I still wanted to run faster than 14:29.
I still didn't achieve my standard of 290. This will require some more concerted effort later on.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 07:07 07:07 07:07 07:07 1.00
1.00 14:31 07:24 07:24 07:15 2.00
WX at 0600: 61.7 (16.5) DP 59.0 (15.0) BP 30.03 (1016) Calm RH 91
Odometer 1: 5.3mi
Z4.
This is a big improvement from the last time around! I ran some 50 seconds faster than I did in May.
The first two events were pretty uneventful. What differed was that I did very little in the way of pushups or situps to prepare for the test. I had been doing some lifting, and that might have been a factor, but otherwise, between spinning on the Concept and lifting and some running, that was it. I don't feel like I'm at any risk of not getting 100 points on each of the strength events, so that's a good sign.
I felt surprisingly okay during this run. I could have been that I was slightly warmed up, but this run did not kill me the same way that APFT runs do, usually. I still wanted to run faster than 14:29.
I still didn't achieve my standard of 290. This will require some more concerted effort later on.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 07:07 07:07 07:07 07:07 1.00
1.00 14:31 07:24 07:24 07:15 2.00
Saturday, July 21, 2007
4.2mi, 38:37, 20 JUL 07, Fort Campbell KY
A medley of songs in the iThink today, to include:
"The All-American Soldier," the song of the 82d Airborne Division
"Rendezvous with Destiny," the song of the 101st Airborne Division
Garryowen, official song of the 7th Cavalry Regiment
Michael Kamen, Band of Brothers Suite No. 2
Michael Kamen, opening credits to From The Earth To The Moon
WX at 0700: 72.0 (22.2) DP 69.1 (20.6) BP 30 (1015) calm light rain RH 91
Odometer 4: 156.2mi
Z2.
Easy run preceded by about 20 minutes of lifting, primarily shoulder and chest press, lat pulldowns, as well as some abdominal work. I steered clear of the empty Concept2 today...and went out into some humidity, which gave way to glorious hard drizzle. I actually enjoy running in the rain, quite a bit, and as such, today was a good easy slug run.
I'm tapering for a diagnostic physical fitness test on Tuesday, one which is unusual inasmuch as I haven't done much in the way of pushups or situps prior to doing the test. I'm seeing what not just doing those two events will bring me. Instead, that's where things like lifting and spinning on the Concept come to mind.
In the meantime, I've been hitting the weights far more - and I've gotten noticeably stronger, although at the same time, my back and chest have gotten noticeably bigger. This is not necessarily a great thing if my arms don't see commensurate improvement as well since I don't want to have a fire hydrant torso and stick figure arms.
I could tell the difference in shoes between yesterday and today even with less than 200 miles on the other shoes...which honestly have low mileage because of the time in March that I effectively lost to training. Still, these shoes (odometer 4) have some life left in them, which is more than I could say about the others I just retired (odometer 3). Odometer 1 is a pair of Asics GT-2120s, size 9.5x4E. They didn't have size 10x2E which is what I normally get. Still the wide 9.5s seem to work okay.
I couldn't settle on a mantra this morning until the end, when the last one finally settled in - in the last 800m.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.86 08:32 08:32 09:55 09:55 0.86
0.90 16:47 08:15 09:10 09:32 1.76
1.26 27:49 11:02 08:45 09:13 3.02
1.22 38:37 10:48 08:51 09:06 4.24
"The All-American Soldier," the song of the 82d Airborne Division
"Rendezvous with Destiny," the song of the 101st Airborne Division
Garryowen, official song of the 7th Cavalry Regiment
Michael Kamen, Band of Brothers Suite No. 2
Michael Kamen, opening credits to From The Earth To The Moon
WX at 0700: 72.0 (22.2) DP 69.1 (20.6) BP 30 (1015) calm light rain RH 91
Odometer 4: 156.2mi
Z2.
Easy run preceded by about 20 minutes of lifting, primarily shoulder and chest press, lat pulldowns, as well as some abdominal work. I steered clear of the empty Concept2 today...and went out into some humidity, which gave way to glorious hard drizzle. I actually enjoy running in the rain, quite a bit, and as such, today was a good easy slug run.
I'm tapering for a diagnostic physical fitness test on Tuesday, one which is unusual inasmuch as I haven't done much in the way of pushups or situps prior to doing the test. I'm seeing what not just doing those two events will bring me. Instead, that's where things like lifting and spinning on the Concept come to mind.
In the meantime, I've been hitting the weights far more - and I've gotten noticeably stronger, although at the same time, my back and chest have gotten noticeably bigger. This is not necessarily a great thing if my arms don't see commensurate improvement as well since I don't want to have a fire hydrant torso and stick figure arms.
I could tell the difference in shoes between yesterday and today even with less than 200 miles on the other shoes...which honestly have low mileage because of the time in March that I effectively lost to training. Still, these shoes (odometer 4) have some life left in them, which is more than I could say about the others I just retired (odometer 3). Odometer 1 is a pair of Asics GT-2120s, size 9.5x4E. They didn't have size 10x2E which is what I normally get. Still the wide 9.5s seem to work okay.
I couldn't settle on a mantra this morning until the end, when the last one finally settled in - in the last 800m.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.86 08:32 08:32 09:55 09:55 0.86
0.90 16:47 08:15 09:10 09:32 1.76
1.26 27:49 11:02 08:45 09:13 3.02
1.22 38:37 10:48 08:51 09:06 4.24
Thursday, July 19, 2007
5,000m on Concept2 Model C, 21:47, then 2.7mi, 23:32, 19 JUL 07, Fort Campbell KY
Tears for Fears, "Snatches of Pain"
WX at 0700: 75.9 (24.4) DP 71.1 (21.7) BP 29.99 (1015) SW 5 haze RH 85
Odometer 1: 3.0mi
Z3.
I started slow and ugly on the Concept. After about 10-15 minutes, I started to accelerate. A LOT. I was cranking 2:09-2:10/500m after my 2:15/500m start. I finished going about 2:05-2:06/500m, a respectable finish, telling me I was not as all jacked up as I thought I was earlier this week.
Then I went for a run. Nothing fast. The return leg ended up being faster since I stopped about 15 minutes for a chat with someone I hadn't seen in a few years.
I normally wouldn't zone in on "Snatches of Pain," but it sure seemed curiously apropos this morning.
There is, however, nothing quite like the fluffy feeling of new shoes. My ankles and knees hurt a lot less this morning!
Splits
Distance: 5000
Time: 0:21:47
Per 500m: 02:11
Drag Factor : 145
Per Mile: 0:07:01
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.37 12:02 12:02 08:47 08:47 1.37
1.37 23:32 11:30 08:24 08:35 2.74
WX at 0700: 75.9 (24.4) DP 71.1 (21.7) BP 29.99 (1015) SW 5 haze RH 85
Odometer 1: 3.0mi
Z3.
I started slow and ugly on the Concept. After about 10-15 minutes, I started to accelerate. A LOT. I was cranking 2:09-2:10/500m after my 2:15/500m start. I finished going about 2:05-2:06/500m, a respectable finish, telling me I was not as all jacked up as I thought I was earlier this week.
Then I went for a run. Nothing fast. The return leg ended up being faster since I stopped about 15 minutes for a chat with someone I hadn't seen in a few years.
I normally wouldn't zone in on "Snatches of Pain," but it sure seemed curiously apropos this morning.
There is, however, nothing quite like the fluffy feeling of new shoes. My ankles and knees hurt a lot less this morning!
Splits
Distance: 5000
Time: 0:21:47
Per 500m: 02:11
Drag Factor : 145
Per Mile: 0:07:01
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.37 12:02 12:02 08:47 08:47 1.37
1.37 23:32 11:30 08:24 08:35 2.74
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
10,000m on Concept2 Model C, 44:28, 17 JUL 07, Fort Campbell KY
The All-American Rejects, "Move Along"
WX at 0700: 75.0 (23.9) DP 69.1 (20.6) BP 30.06 (1017) SW 3 RH 82
Odometer 4: 151.6mi N/A
Z4.
Today hurt. Bad. Some of this is attributable to not having touched a Concept in a few months, but that Concept Model C was calling me today.
Too bad I wasn't really equal to the challenge. I was rowing into the red zone just to hold 2:08/500m, something which I used to be able to do with ease just a few months ago.
Most of it was actually done at about 2:15/500m pace, which is pretty pathetic.
Some of it could be that I've been lifting more, some of it can be pointed to have to refine my form (I'd gotten sloppy at first) and some of it could be that I'm just not in the same conditioning that I was in beforehand.
On the other hand, no one so much as approached me on the Concept, and so I was able to row mostly unmolested. In the heat, which may also have been a factor. So much CO2 and lactate had built up in my body though that last stretch I almost woofed right after finishing, which I was holding at max effort to get all of a 2:06/500m pace. Weak!
Splits
Distance: 10000
Time: 0:44:29
Per 500m: 02:13
Drag Factor : 176
Per Mile: 0:07:09
WX at 0700: 75.0 (23.9) DP 69.1 (20.6) BP 30.06 (1017) SW 3 RH 82
Odometer 4: 151.6mi N/A
Z4.
Today hurt. Bad. Some of this is attributable to not having touched a Concept in a few months, but that Concept Model C was calling me today.
Too bad I wasn't really equal to the challenge. I was rowing into the red zone just to hold 2:08/500m, something which I used to be able to do with ease just a few months ago.
Most of it was actually done at about 2:15/500m pace, which is pretty pathetic.
Some of it could be that I've been lifting more, some of it can be pointed to have to refine my form (I'd gotten sloppy at first) and some of it could be that I'm just not in the same conditioning that I was in beforehand.
On the other hand, no one so much as approached me on the Concept, and so I was able to row mostly unmolested. In the heat, which may also have been a factor. So much CO2 and lactate had built up in my body though that last stretch I almost woofed right after finishing, which I was holding at max effort to get all of a 2:06/500m pace. Weak!
Splits
Distance: 10000
Time: 0:44:29
Per 500m: 02:13
Drag Factor : 176
Per Mile: 0:07:09
4.2mi, 33:39, 16 JUL 07, Fort Campbell KY
Paul Oakenfold, "Ready Steady Go" (curiously, the wrong cadence for this run)
Hilary Duff, "Wake Up"
The All-American Rejects, "Move Along"
WX at 0700: 72.0 (22.2) DP 68.0 (20.0) BP 30.01 (1016) WSW 3 RH 87
Odometer 4: 151.6mi
Z4.
This negative split was most unexpected. It felt cooler than it was, but I had taken a break, and wanted to see what I could get out of whatever raw effort I could muster, and it was pretty productive. I didn't thinK I was accelerating at the end. Still, it's kind of dismaying when I'm killing myself for a 7:56/mi pace. I could not settle on any one mantra as the Paul Oakenfold was totally wrong for my relative tempo this morning and nothing else would settle.
Still, it's faster than anything else I've done recently.
On another note, I was very pleased that there was a Concept2 Model C in the gym where I usually go in the mornings. This Concept2 looks almost pristine, with a new PM2 computer. It wasn't completely brand new, though; the hex bolts securing the rail to the base were loose and the chain was almost completely dry. It also had the original hand grips, unlike the one at Fort Leavenworth, which had been retrofitted with Model D grips, which for whatever reason or another, I don't do as well on.
I know what I'm doing tomorrow!
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.86 07:04 07:04 08:13 08:13 0.86
0.90 14:15 07:11 07:59 08:06 1.76
1.26 24:03 09:48 07:47 07:58 3.02
1.22 33:39 09:36 07:52 07:56 4.24
Hilary Duff, "Wake Up"
The All-American Rejects, "Move Along"
WX at 0700: 72.0 (22.2) DP 68.0 (20.0) BP 30.01 (1016) WSW 3 RH 87
Odometer 4: 151.6mi
Z4.
This negative split was most unexpected. It felt cooler than it was, but I had taken a break, and wanted to see what I could get out of whatever raw effort I could muster, and it was pretty productive. I didn't thinK I was accelerating at the end. Still, it's kind of dismaying when I'm killing myself for a 7:56/mi pace. I could not settle on any one mantra as the Paul Oakenfold was totally wrong for my relative tempo this morning and nothing else would settle.
Still, it's faster than anything else I've done recently.
On another note, I was very pleased that there was a Concept2 Model C in the gym where I usually go in the mornings. This Concept2 looks almost pristine, with a new PM2 computer. It wasn't completely brand new, though; the hex bolts securing the rail to the base were loose and the chain was almost completely dry. It also had the original hand grips, unlike the one at Fort Leavenworth, which had been retrofitted with Model D grips, which for whatever reason or another, I don't do as well on.
I know what I'm doing tomorrow!
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.86 07:04 07:04 08:13 08:13 0.86
0.90 14:15 07:11 07:59 08:06 1.76
1.26 24:03 09:48 07:47 07:58 3.02
1.22 33:39 09:36 07:52 07:56 4.24
Monday, July 16, 2007
The Coolest Thing Ever
This sign is just outside of the former digs of the Directorate of Plans, Training, and Mobilization at Fort Campbell, which was also the location of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Training, or the G3 for short.Just above the G3 XING sign is a standard crosswalk sign. But this is the first sign where the pedestrian is walking with hair on fire.
I'm on my third tour working in a division G3/5/7 section. This sign is so apropos that it boggles the mind.
Postscript: the sign was removed after the G3/5/7 moved to new digs.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
10.2mi, 90:08, 13 JUL 07, Fort Campbell KY
Hilary Duff, "Wake Up"
Dinbot, "Hot Buttered Bizkits"
WX at 0700: 65 (18.3) DP 62 (16.6) BP 30.06 (1017.5) calm mostly cloudy RH 90
WX at 0800: 71 (21.6) DP 63 (17.2) BP 30.07 (1017.8) calm mostly cloudy RH 76
Odometer 4: 147.1mi
Z4.
So I did my tenner. And it sucked hard. I hit the wall around the 8 mile mark and had to walk for about 150m. These are necessary workouts, but they hurt, and this is my first legitimate long run in a long while.
The road to recovery isn't supposed to be easy, but I'd failed to account for the relatively exceptional level of suck that morning.
I did gain some wry satisfaction in the juxtaposition of Hilary Duff, Gershon Kingsley, and Limp Bizkit as my running mantra during the run.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.96 15:59 15:59 08:09 08:09 1.96
2.47 37:29 21:30 08:42 08:28 4.43
2.90 63:04 25:35 08:49 08:36 7.33
2.87 90:08 27:04 09:26 08:50 10.20
Dinbot, "Hot Buttered Bizkits"
WX at 0700: 65 (18.3) DP 62 (16.6) BP 30.06 (1017.5) calm mostly cloudy RH 90
WX at 0800: 71 (21.6) DP 63 (17.2) BP 30.07 (1017.8) calm mostly cloudy RH 76
Odometer 4: 147.1mi
Z4.
So I did my tenner. And it sucked hard. I hit the wall around the 8 mile mark and had to walk for about 150m. These are necessary workouts, but they hurt, and this is my first legitimate long run in a long while.
The road to recovery isn't supposed to be easy, but I'd failed to account for the relatively exceptional level of suck that morning.
I did gain some wry satisfaction in the juxtaposition of Hilary Duff, Gershon Kingsley, and Limp Bizkit as my running mantra during the run.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.96 15:59 15:59 08:09 08:09 1.96
2.47 37:29 21:30 08:42 08:28 4.43
2.90 63:04 25:35 08:49 08:36 7.33
2.87 90:08 27:04 09:26 08:50 10.20
Thursday, July 12, 2007
5.8mi, 54:57, 11 JUL 07, Fort Campbell KY
some idle running cadences.
WX at 0700: 72.9 (22.7) DP 72.5 (22.5) BP 29.95 (1014) WSW 7 mist RH 99
Odometer 3: 353.5mi
Z2.
I was tired, and my legs hurt, so I did nothing more than wogging...and
it was strangely therapeutic. My knees hurt, though, and it is
definitely time to jettison this pair of shoes.
I did use this morning to think about some things I need to do at work.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.43 13:45 13:45 09:37 09:37 1.43
1.47 27:32 13:47 09:23 09:30 2.90
1.47 41:27 13:55 09:28 09:29 4.37
1.43 54:57 13:30 09:26 09:28 5.80
WX at 0700: 72.9 (22.7) DP 72.5 (22.5) BP 29.95 (1014) WSW 7 mist RH 99
Odometer 3: 353.5mi
Z2.
I was tired, and my legs hurt, so I did nothing more than wogging...and
it was strangely therapeutic. My knees hurt, though, and it is
definitely time to jettison this pair of shoes.
I did use this morning to think about some things I need to do at work.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.43 13:45 13:45 09:37 09:37 1.43
1.47 27:32 13:47 09:23 09:30 2.90
1.47 41:27 13:55 09:28 09:29 4.37
1.43 54:57 13:30 09:26 09:28 5.80
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
4.4mi, 35:35, 10 JUL 07, Fort Campbell KY
Bear McCreary, "Passacaglia"
WX at 0700: 73 (23) DP 73 (23) BP 30.00 (1015) SSW 9 mist RH 100
Odometer 4: 136.9mi
Z3 high.
I was feeling ambitious, thinking about doing that tenner I'd mentioned earlier this week.
I realized at the 4 mile mark that there was no way I was going to finish ten and decided instead to practice some discretion.
I didn't realize I was going the speed I was...I was hurting this morning, not realizing I was going 8:02/mi pace. It didn't feel like 8:02. It could also be that I was being suckered by watching most of 2d Brigade combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, running in the opposite direction, in formation, which was a reminder that I, indeed, was back in the Real Army(tm).
The 100% relative humidity didn't help much. Too bad it started raining, hard, as soon as I stopped running. That actually would've been okay.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
4.43 35:35 35:35 08:02 08:02 4.43
WX at 0700: 73 (23) DP 73 (23) BP 30.00 (1015) SSW 9 mist RH 100
Odometer 4: 136.9mi
Z3 high.
I was feeling ambitious, thinking about doing that tenner I'd mentioned earlier this week.
I realized at the 4 mile mark that there was no way I was going to finish ten and decided instead to practice some discretion.
I didn't realize I was going the speed I was...I was hurting this morning, not realizing I was going 8:02/mi pace. It didn't feel like 8:02. It could also be that I was being suckered by watching most of 2d Brigade combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, running in the opposite direction, in formation, which was a reminder that I, indeed, was back in the Real Army(tm).
The 100% relative humidity didn't help much. Too bad it started raining, hard, as soon as I stopped running. That actually would've been okay.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
4.43 35:35 35:35 08:02 08:02 4.43
Only in America
Can you buy Class 1.1A explosive pyrotechnics next to a place where Class 3 flammables are available for sale...
...and the only word that accurately describes this is..."Dude."
Monday, July 09, 2007
60min on elliptical, 9 JUL 07, Clarksville TN
Nothing in the iThink. Snippets of The Show of No Ugly Women in the Navy(tm) and the pre-race show of today's Tour de France instead on the Glass Tit.
WX at 0700: 73 (23) DP 68 (20) BP 29.96 (1014) Calm haze RH 83
Odometer 3: 347.5 N/A
Z3.
I was going to run 10 this morning...but was very tired after yesterday's drive back from St Louis and accompanying catharsis festival...so I'll wait until later in the week to do a tenner (not to be confused with the NKVD's Gulag punishment of the same name).
More to follow later on my Weekend of Intemperate Fury.
Splits
None.
WX at 0700: 73 (23) DP 68 (20) BP 29.96 (1014) Calm haze RH 83
Odometer 3: 347.5 N/A
Z3.
I was going to run 10 this morning...but was very tired after yesterday's drive back from St Louis and accompanying catharsis festival...so I'll wait until later in the week to do a tenner (not to be confused with the NKVD's Gulag punishment of the same name).
More to follow later on my Weekend of Intemperate Fury.
Splits
None.
Friday, July 06, 2007
5.8mi, 47:44, 6 JUL 07, Fort Campbell KY
Dinbot, "Hot Buttered Bizkits"
WX at 0700: 70.2 (21.2) DP 68.7 (20.4) BP 30.06 (1017) Calm RH 95
Odometer 3: 347.5mi
Z4.
After yesterday's elliptical, I felt surprisingly good. Good enough to run hard. I'm kind of despondent that running hard is only good for 8:10/mi. I was still running past people left and right. I'm not sure this is right if I'm burning people on the PT roads going all of 8:10/mi...a mere shadow of what I used to be able to do even five years ago.
I've also been very undisciplined about keeping my low-sodium diet, and have been getting dumpier. My weight is staying the same, though...so I'm not so sure about it, but I feel fatter. I need to do other things than running, so I've been lifting and doing some other stuff.
I'm posting this from St Louis, MO, where I had occasion to drive through a giant fireworks show being cooked off in front of the Gateway Arch as I zoomed by on Interstate 64 westbound. Wild. Between driving in St Louis, which is always hairy (at least for me) and trying not to be too distracted by the fireworks, it was interesting. It took me about four hours of continuous driving from Fort Campbell to get here; I figured I'm good for about four hours at a stretch. I've crystallized my techniques for long drives, so I have plenty of practice.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
2.90 23:42 23:42 08:10 08:10 2.90
2.90 47:44 24:02 08:17 08:14 5.80
WX at 0700: 70.2 (21.2) DP 68.7 (20.4) BP 30.06 (1017) Calm RH 95
Odometer 3: 347.5mi
Z4.
After yesterday's elliptical, I felt surprisingly good. Good enough to run hard. I'm kind of despondent that running hard is only good for 8:10/mi. I was still running past people left and right. I'm not sure this is right if I'm burning people on the PT roads going all of 8:10/mi...a mere shadow of what I used to be able to do even five years ago.
I've also been very undisciplined about keeping my low-sodium diet, and have been getting dumpier. My weight is staying the same, though...so I'm not so sure about it, but I feel fatter. I need to do other things than running, so I've been lifting and doing some other stuff.
I'm posting this from St Louis, MO, where I had occasion to drive through a giant fireworks show being cooked off in front of the Gateway Arch as I zoomed by on Interstate 64 westbound. Wild. Between driving in St Louis, which is always hairy (at least for me) and trying not to be too distracted by the fireworks, it was interesting. It took me about four hours of continuous driving from Fort Campbell to get here; I figured I'm good for about four hours at a stretch. I've crystallized my techniques for long drives, so I have plenty of practice.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
2.90 23:42 23:42 08:10 08:10 2.90
2.90 47:44 24:02 08:17 08:14 5.80
Thursday, July 05, 2007
30min on the elliptical and some weight work, 5 JUL 07, Clarksville TN
Nothing in the iThink.
WX at 0700: 73.9 (23.3) DP 68.0 (20.0) BP 30.05 (1017) SSW 5 haze RH 82
Odometer 3: 341.7mi N/A
Z3.
First time on an elliptical in a while, but I decided to sleep in and did some stuff at the apartment complex. Some weight work, and about 30 minutes on the elliptical to counteract the effects of the 20-some White Castles I'd eaten in the preceding 96 hours.
I reflected that I had fully internalized the light infantry's ethos of "if you do only one thing during the day, that one thing had best be PT." Physical training was a way to check my brain out for a few minutes as well.
Splits
N/A.
WX at 0700: 73.9 (23.3) DP 68.0 (20.0) BP 30.05 (1017) SSW 5 haze RH 82
Odometer 3: 341.7mi N/A
Z3.
First time on an elliptical in a while, but I decided to sleep in and did some stuff at the apartment complex. Some weight work, and about 30 minutes on the elliptical to counteract the effects of the 20-some White Castles I'd eaten in the preceding 96 hours.
I reflected that I had fully internalized the light infantry's ethos of "if you do only one thing during the day, that one thing had best be PT." Physical training was a way to check my brain out for a few minutes as well.
Splits
N/A.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
5.8mi, 52:01, 3 JUL 07, Fort Campbell KY
Scott Cossu, "Demeter/Rejoicing"
WX at 0700: 62.8 (17.1) DP 57.7 (14.3) BP 30.14 (1020) Calm RH 83
Odometer 3: 341.7mi
Z3 low.
Nothing fancy, not too bad. Easy run, and I was still passing people!
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
2.90 26:35 26:35 09:10 09:10 2.90
2.90 52:01 25:26 08:46 08:58 5.80
WX at 0700: 62.8 (17.1) DP 57.7 (14.3) BP 30.14 (1020) Calm RH 83
Odometer 3: 341.7mi
Z3 low.
Nothing fancy, not too bad. Easy run, and I was still passing people!
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
2.90 26:35 26:35 09:10 09:10 2.90
2.90 52:01 25:26 08:46 08:58 5.80
Monday, July 02, 2007
6.8mi, 77:23, 2 JUL 07, Clarksville TN
The All-American Rejects, "Move Along"
WX at 0900: 73.0 (22.8) DP 57.4 (14.1) BP 30.17 (1021) ENE 7 RH 58
Odometer 4: 132.5mi
Z4.
I took yesterday off, and decided after seeing the weather forecast that I'd go run trails today. Today was actually quite nice running weather, and I don't quite feel so bad for running an average 11:23/mile given that the trails here are pretty hefty.
There is very little level ground at Dunbar Cave State Park, and so the 1.7mi loop seems like not much, it can be a real speed killer as the hills are very pronounced, not unlike the ones at Wyandotte County Lake park back in Kansas. The ability to make up speed on the downhills are minimized by the fact that it's pretty dangerous with a lot of loose small rocks. That offers opportunities to either bust your ass or twist an ankle, and with a prior broken ankle, I really don't want to chance it.
It was good though, and running a negative split on the end was good. I realized my two breakpoints for running had happened - the first being fully warmed up at around the 25-30 minute mark, and then transitioning to metabolizing fat at around an hour.
I do need to start road marching again, though.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.70 18:27 18:27 10:51 10:51 1.70
1.70 37:54 19:27 11:26 11:09 3.40
1.70 57:44 19:50 11:40 11:19 5.10
1.70 77:23 19:39 11:34 11:23 6.80
WX at 0900: 73.0 (22.8) DP 57.4 (14.1) BP 30.17 (1021) ENE 7 RH 58
Odometer 4: 132.5mi
Z4.
I took yesterday off, and decided after seeing the weather forecast that I'd go run trails today. Today was actually quite nice running weather, and I don't quite feel so bad for running an average 11:23/mile given that the trails here are pretty hefty.
There is very little level ground at Dunbar Cave State Park, and so the 1.7mi loop seems like not much, it can be a real speed killer as the hills are very pronounced, not unlike the ones at Wyandotte County Lake park back in Kansas. The ability to make up speed on the downhills are minimized by the fact that it's pretty dangerous with a lot of loose small rocks. That offers opportunities to either bust your ass or twist an ankle, and with a prior broken ankle, I really don't want to chance it.
It was good though, and running a negative split on the end was good. I realized my two breakpoints for running had happened - the first being fully warmed up at around the 25-30 minute mark, and then transitioning to metabolizing fat at around an hour.
I do need to start road marching again, though.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.70 18:27 18:27 10:51 10:51 1.70
1.70 37:54 19:27 11:26 11:09 3.40
1.70 57:44 19:50 11:40 11:19 5.10
1.70 77:23 19:39 11:34 11:23 6.80
Sunday, July 01, 2007
3.5mi hash, time indeterminate, 30 JUN 07, Clarksville TN
WX at 1500: 79.2 (26.2) DP 70.0 (21.1) BP 30.08 (1018) NE 12 RH 74
Odometer 3: 335.7mi
Z4.
I was a hare for this hash, and it was a good one.
I had a difference of philosophy with my co-hare, who was into the "social" aspects of haring and hashing. This became apparent from step off as I was going to run the group from where we were originally going to start, thus extending the trail. She didn't want to do so.
The other aspect which is a significant departure of philosophy was that when I lay trail, I will try to punish the FRBs (Front Running Bastards) as much as possible. The intent behind punishing FRBs is to keep the trail together and compensate for what can be wildly differing levels of ability, as was the case today. My co-hare does not subscribe to that philosophy, but I grew up hashing where there were a LOT of fast people and keeping the group together was of paramount importance.
Unfortunately, I laid a bad trail on the reverse slope of a hill - one which enabled the pack to visually acquire us as we were going uphill further away. It effectively cut off a mile and a half from the group, but the group came in two packs, so it worked out. Unfortunately, the FRB caught us both. Oh well.
Finally, the weather reading is deceptive. It was hot.
Splits
Not relevant!
Odometer 3: 335.7mi
Z4.
I was a hare for this hash, and it was a good one.
I had a difference of philosophy with my co-hare, who was into the "social" aspects of haring and hashing. This became apparent from step off as I was going to run the group from where we were originally going to start, thus extending the trail. She didn't want to do so.
The other aspect which is a significant departure of philosophy was that when I lay trail, I will try to punish the FRBs (Front Running Bastards) as much as possible. The intent behind punishing FRBs is to keep the trail together and compensate for what can be wildly differing levels of ability, as was the case today. My co-hare does not subscribe to that philosophy, but I grew up hashing where there were a LOT of fast people and keeping the group together was of paramount importance.
Unfortunately, I laid a bad trail on the reverse slope of a hill - one which enabled the pack to visually acquire us as we were going uphill further away. It effectively cut off a mile and a half from the group, but the group came in two packs, so it worked out. Unfortunately, the FRB caught us both. Oh well.
Finally, the weather reading is deceptive. It was hot.
Splits
Not relevant!
Thursday, June 28, 2007
4.43mi, 37:31, 28 JUN 07, Fort Campbell KY
Dinbot, "Hot Buttered Bizkits" (a very entertaining mashup of Hot Butter's "Popcorn" and Limp Bizkit's "Nookie")
WX at 0700: 73.6 (23.1) DP 70.5 (21.4) BP 30.11 (1019) Calm mist RH 90
Odometer 4: 125.7mi
Z3.
Today was a day of less deliberate effort, and so I was not trying to run all that fast.
I need to vet my GPS readings as my transmitter was showing low battery. The usual error induced by the receiver around power lines also makes me leery - or as I once read, "Those who use GPS altitude to aid in landing their small plane should have their insurance policies paid up at all times."
Back when I was still a shooter in the 82d Imperial, I had occasion once to rip some lieutenant's ass over his inability to navigate using map and terrain orientation. Turns out he was dependent on his GPS for knowing where he was. I asked him very pointedly where he was, and although he was sitting on a trail that happened to be less than 200m away from a major road (one which was on the map) and a recognizable intersection, he couldn't locate himself. Not acceptable. I talked to his battery commander afterwards about that issue and my resultant ire. The other reason I don't trust GPS by itself was my experience of getting LLMF(*) in Brussels with a GPS to help me get lost. Consequently, I will have to do this run again on some easy day.
Then I did some abdominal work. I will be sore tomorrow. I did my first ab work in a few months, and my stomach started to cramp. Bad, bad, bad!
(* LLMF = Lost Like a MotherFucker)
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.20 01:51 01:51 09:15 09:15 0.20
0.86 09:27 07:36 08:50 08:55 1.06
0.90 16:58 07:31 08:22 08:40 1.96
1.26 27:18 10:20 08:13 08:29 3.22
1.22 37:31 10:13 08:24 08:28 4.43
WX at 0700: 73.6 (23.1) DP 70.5 (21.4) BP 30.11 (1019) Calm mist RH 90
Odometer 4: 125.7mi
Z3.
Today was a day of less deliberate effort, and so I was not trying to run all that fast.
I need to vet my GPS readings as my transmitter was showing low battery. The usual error induced by the receiver around power lines also makes me leery - or as I once read, "Those who use GPS altitude to aid in landing their small plane should have their insurance policies paid up at all times."
Back when I was still a shooter in the 82d Imperial, I had occasion once to rip some lieutenant's ass over his inability to navigate using map and terrain orientation. Turns out he was dependent on his GPS for knowing where he was. I asked him very pointedly where he was, and although he was sitting on a trail that happened to be less than 200m away from a major road (one which was on the map) and a recognizable intersection, he couldn't locate himself. Not acceptable. I talked to his battery commander afterwards about that issue and my resultant ire. The other reason I don't trust GPS by itself was my experience of getting LLMF(*) in Brussels with a GPS to help me get lost. Consequently, I will have to do this run again on some easy day.
Then I did some abdominal work. I will be sore tomorrow. I did my first ab work in a few months, and my stomach started to cramp. Bad, bad, bad!
(* LLMF = Lost Like a MotherFucker)
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.20 01:51 01:51 09:15 09:15 0.20
0.86 09:27 07:36 08:50 08:55 1.06
0.90 16:58 07:31 08:22 08:40 1.96
1.26 27:18 10:20 08:13 08:29 3.22
1.22 37:31 10:13 08:24 08:28 4.43
5.3mi, 45:58, 27 JUN 07, Fort Campbell KY
Nothing in the iThink.
WX at 0800: 72.7 (22.6) DP 70.5 (21.4) BP 30.2 (1022) SSW 6 mist RH 93
Odometer 4: 121.0mi
Z3.
Today's PT event was a little unusual. I had attended a unit PT function with about 25 others soldiers that entailed running from
place to place in what had once been a secret nuclear weapons storage and assembly facility. The speaker was a little long-winded, but it was some interesting history. It is perhaps an indicator that the best places to run around here are all on post. Clarksville itself is not really a runner-friendly city if the way the city is built is any indicator.
The run started as a formation run, which was pretty slow - the last time I did a formation run was the Division run during the 82d Airborne Division's All-American Week in 2002 (see right). (Yes, that really is the formation in the far background of the photo...which is what 14,000 people running all at once looks like!) The last part was a release run, which was done at a little faster pace than I think I would've liked. I was in a group and I needed to not get dusted. My coworkers are for the most part in better shape than me. This is fixable, but it gives me a lot of incentive to work this a lot harder.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
5.30 45:58 45:58 08:40 08:40 5.30
WX at 0800: 72.7 (22.6) DP 70.5 (21.4) BP 30.2 (1022) SSW 6 mist RH 93
Odometer 4: 121.0mi
Z3.
Today's PT event was a little unusual. I had attended a unit PT function with about 25 others soldiers that entailed running from
place to place in what had once been a secret nuclear weapons storage and assembly facility. The speaker was a little long-winded, but it was some interesting history. It is perhaps an indicator that the best places to run around here are all on post. Clarksville itself is not really a runner-friendly city if the way the city is built is any indicator.The run started as a formation run, which was pretty slow - the last time I did a formation run was the Division run during the 82d Airborne Division's All-American Week in 2002 (see right). (Yes, that really is the formation in the far background of the photo...which is what 14,000 people running all at once looks like!) The last part was a release run, which was done at a little faster pace than I think I would've liked. I was in a group and I needed to not get dusted. My coworkers are for the most part in better shape than me. This is fixable, but it gives me a lot of incentive to work this a lot harder.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
5.30 45:58 45:58 08:40 08:40 5.30
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Damn, almost forgot
Happy birthday, jwer! I'm slipping in my old age... slightly more than your advanced age...
5.8mi, 48:53, 26 JUN 07, Fort Campbell KY
The Bats, "Courage"
Paul Oakenfold, "Ready Steady Go"
WX at 0700: 72.0 (22.2) DP 71.4 (21.9) BP 30.24 (1024) E 5 mist RH 98
Odometer 4: 115.9mi
Z3 high.
First day running on a real Army installation, surrounded by troops, in about five years. Last time I did any of that was when I was at Fort Bragg, still in the 82d Imperial. Today was steamy. And hot. And when it's hot and humid, the sweat begins. There were no dry parts of my shirt by the end of the run. That's about the norm, but it's almost July, so it's really to be expected.
I knew I was going a bit faster than usual, but I didn't realize I had been holding an average 8:26 pace for the run. I was starting to hurt near the end as there was a very noticeable difference in relative heat from being in the shade (next to trees) and being out in the open with the sun beating down on me.
Now that I'm back in an infantry division again, I got a clean set of whitewalls yesterday (had the sides and back of my head shaved). That's one of the few ways I can really deal with the heat when it's summertime.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
2.90 24:05 24:05 08:18 08:18 2.90
2.90 48:53 24:48 08:33 08:26 5.80
Paul Oakenfold, "Ready Steady Go"
WX at 0700: 72.0 (22.2) DP 71.4 (21.9) BP 30.24 (1024) E 5 mist RH 98
Odometer 4: 115.9mi
Z3 high.
First day running on a real Army installation, surrounded by troops, in about five years. Last time I did any of that was when I was at Fort Bragg, still in the 82d Imperial. Today was steamy. And hot. And when it's hot and humid, the sweat begins. There were no dry parts of my shirt by the end of the run. That's about the norm, but it's almost July, so it's really to be expected.
I knew I was going a bit faster than usual, but I didn't realize I had been holding an average 8:26 pace for the run. I was starting to hurt near the end as there was a very noticeable difference in relative heat from being in the shade (next to trees) and being out in the open with the sun beating down on me.
Now that I'm back in an infantry division again, I got a clean set of whitewalls yesterday (had the sides and back of my head shaved). That's one of the few ways I can really deal with the heat when it's summertime.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
2.90 24:05 24:05 08:18 08:18 2.90
2.90 48:53 24:48 08:33 08:26 5.80
Sunday, June 24, 2007
5.1mi, 58:00, 24 JUN 07, Clarksville TN
The Pixies, "Holiday"
The Pixies, "Velouria"
WX at 1000: 75.0 (23.9) DP 69.4 (20.8) BP 29.99 (1015) SW 5 mist RH 82
WX at 0900: 71 (22) DP 68 (20) BP 29.99 (1015) S 2 mist RH 90
Odometer 4: 109.1mi
Z3 downhill, Z4 uphill.
Since I've been too lazy to describe my passage to Fort Campbell, suffice it to say, I have departed Fort Leavenworth. There is an undeniable feeling of disconnection I feel at being a geographic bachelor, especially when I see other folks out here with their children. It's the absence of my kids that I often feel the most.
First run in over a week. Man, did it hurt. Some contributing factors:
1. I was running in high humidity for the first time in a while.
2. I was running on trails for the first time since I was at Carlisle Barracks (aside from running the Psycho WyCo 20 miler).
I always lose some speed on trails (primarily to prevent from augering myself into a tree or bush), but the hills were really killing me today. They usually do. Dunbar Cave State Park is not particularly long, and the trails are not particularly technical, but that actually serves my purposes well.
I was thinking about going for a fourth lap, but discretion prevailed over bad judgment.
The road to recovery, however, begins with some discomfort. It begins today...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.70 18:11 18:11 10:42 10:42 1.70
1.70 38:00 19:49 11:39 11:11 3.40
1.70 58:00 20:00 11:46 11:22 5.10
The Pixies, "Velouria"
WX at 1000: 75.0 (23.9) DP 69.4 (20.8) BP 29.99 (1015) SW 5 mist RH 82
WX at 0900: 71 (22) DP 68 (20) BP 29.99 (1015) S 2 mist RH 90
Odometer 4: 109.1mi
Z3 downhill, Z4 uphill.
Since I've been too lazy to describe my passage to Fort Campbell, suffice it to say, I have departed Fort Leavenworth. There is an undeniable feeling of disconnection I feel at being a geographic bachelor, especially when I see other folks out here with their children. It's the absence of my kids that I often feel the most.
First run in over a week. Man, did it hurt. Some contributing factors:
1. I was running in high humidity for the first time in a while.
2. I was running on trails for the first time since I was at Carlisle Barracks (aside from running the Psycho WyCo 20 miler).
I always lose some speed on trails (primarily to prevent from augering myself into a tree or bush), but the hills were really killing me today. They usually do. Dunbar Cave State Park is not particularly long, and the trails are not particularly technical, but that actually serves my purposes well.
I was thinking about going for a fourth lap, but discretion prevailed over bad judgment.
The road to recovery, however, begins with some discomfort. It begins today...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.70 18:11 18:11 10:42 10:42 1.70
1.70 38:00 19:49 11:39 11:11 3.40
1.70 58:00 20:00 11:46 11:22 5.10
Friday, June 15, 2007
5.6mi, 48:21, 15 JUN 07, Carolina Shores NC
The Connells, "Something To Show"
Greg Kihn, "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)"
WX at 0800: 59 (15) DP 44 (7) BP 30.08 (1018) NE 6 overcast light rain RH 57
Odometer 3: 332.2mi
Z3 high.
I have no idea what sparked Greg Kihn this morning. Today started slow and turned much faster. I felt pretty good so I decided to go cruise at the end. This morning's was a little different as I decided to take an untraveled road just to see what was there.
This is the last run I will probably do from this house, as we are getting ready to sell it now that Household6's parents are both deceased.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.63 05:48 05:48 09:12 09:12 0.63
0.62 11:26 05:38 09:05 09:09 1.25
1.88 27:45 16:19 08:41 08:52 3.13
0.90 34:57 07:12 08:00 08:40 4.03
1.61 48:21 13:24 08:19 08:34 5.64
Greg Kihn, "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)"
WX at 0800: 59 (15) DP 44 (7) BP 30.08 (1018) NE 6 overcast light rain RH 57
Odometer 3: 332.2mi
Z3 high.
I have no idea what sparked Greg Kihn this morning. Today started slow and turned much faster. I felt pretty good so I decided to go cruise at the end. This morning's was a little different as I decided to take an untraveled road just to see what was there.
This is the last run I will probably do from this house, as we are getting ready to sell it now that Household6's parents are both deceased.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.63 05:48 05:48 09:12 09:12 0.63
0.62 11:26 05:38 09:05 09:09 1.25
1.88 27:45 16:19 08:41 08:52 3.13
0.90 34:57 07:12 08:00 08:40 4.03
1.61 48:21 13:24 08:19 08:34 5.64
Thursday, June 14, 2007
5.5mi, 50:04, 14 JUN 07, Carolina Shores NC
W.G. Snuffy Walden, opening credits to My So-Called Life
WX at 0900: 69 (21) DP 62 (17) BP 29.99 (1015) NNE 10 clear RH 78
Odometer 3: 326.6mi
Z2.
My legs were pretty tight after Tuesday's run, so I decided to do some wogging today. I was much more warmed up after about 30 minutes, as is usually the case, and there was quite a bit of acceleration near the end. I've rechecked distance and it's not an error in measurement (when I run 45 seconds/mile faster in my last half-mile).
I was running what I thought would be easy ultramarathon pace. On pavement.
We passed through Fayetteville yesterday, so I got a real haircut for the first time since, oh, about November. Man, does getting the sides and back shaved off help in warmer weather...but I knew that anyway.
Tomorrow may bring some other developments. We depart tomorrow for Virginia in any instance and begin the Bataan Death Drive back to Fort Leavenworth probably Sunday.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.63 06:17 06:17 09:58 09:58 0.63
1.81 23:12 16:55 09:21 09:30 2.44
0.97 31:57 08:45 09:01 09:22 3.41
1.57 46:07 14:10 09:01 09:16 4.98
0.48 50:04 03:57 08:14 09:10 5.46
WX at 0900: 69 (21) DP 62 (17) BP 29.99 (1015) NNE 10 clear RH 78
Odometer 3: 326.6mi
Z2.
My legs were pretty tight after Tuesday's run, so I decided to do some wogging today. I was much more warmed up after about 30 minutes, as is usually the case, and there was quite a bit of acceleration near the end. I've rechecked distance and it's not an error in measurement (when I run 45 seconds/mile faster in my last half-mile).
I was running what I thought would be easy ultramarathon pace. On pavement.
We passed through Fayetteville yesterday, so I got a real haircut for the first time since, oh, about November. Man, does getting the sides and back shaved off help in warmer weather...but I knew that anyway.
Tomorrow may bring some other developments. We depart tomorrow for Virginia in any instance and begin the Bataan Death Drive back to Fort Leavenworth probably Sunday.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.63 06:17 06:17 09:58 09:58 0.63
1.81 23:12 16:55 09:21 09:30 2.44
0.97 31:57 08:45 09:01 09:22 3.41
1.57 46:07 14:10 09:01 09:16 4.98
0.48 50:04 03:57 08:14 09:10 5.46
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
7.4mi, 62:39, 12 JUN 07, Carolina Shores NC
Gene, "Where Are They Now?"
Paul Oakenfold, "Ready Steady Go"
WX at 0800: 68 (20) DP 53 (12) BP 30.04 (1017) NNE 6 clear RH 59
Odometer 3: 319.1mi
Z3 high.
The morning reading started at 60 degrees when I woke up and it was already 68 by the time I finished. Going back to Eastern time isn't that hard, but it can be disconcerting when waking up early.
Today was a better run than yesterday - once I had warmed up, I ran what I thought to be relative steady state pace until near the end where I decided to run into oxygen debt to see what I could do.
I felt my usual loosening up at around the 25 minute mark, but more notably, I felt another second wind at the 54-55 minute mark. This is either endorphins (which I somewhat doubt) or it's fat expenditure (perhaps more likely).
My knees hurt. Now with only 319 miles on a pair of shoes, this normally wouldn't be a big deal - were it not the fact that the shoes are about a year old.
I normally rotate shoes out at the 400 mile mark, but I may go early on this pair.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.63 05:45 05:45 09:08 09:08 0.63
1.81 21:22 15:37 08:38 08:45 2.44
0.97 29:27 08:05 08:20 08:38 3.41
2.11 47:14 17:47 08:26 08:33 5.52
1.39 58:59 11:45 08:27 08:32 6.91
0.48 62:39 03:40 07:38 08:29 7.39
Paul Oakenfold, "Ready Steady Go"
WX at 0800: 68 (20) DP 53 (12) BP 30.04 (1017) NNE 6 clear RH 59
Odometer 3: 319.1mi
Z3 high.
The morning reading started at 60 degrees when I woke up and it was already 68 by the time I finished. Going back to Eastern time isn't that hard, but it can be disconcerting when waking up early.
Today was a better run than yesterday - once I had warmed up, I ran what I thought to be relative steady state pace until near the end where I decided to run into oxygen debt to see what I could do.
I felt my usual loosening up at around the 25 minute mark, but more notably, I felt another second wind at the 54-55 minute mark. This is either endorphins (which I somewhat doubt) or it's fat expenditure (perhaps more likely).
My knees hurt. Now with only 319 miles on a pair of shoes, this normally wouldn't be a big deal - were it not the fact that the shoes are about a year old.
I normally rotate shoes out at the 400 mile mark, but I may go early on this pair.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.63 05:45 05:45 09:08 09:08 0.63
1.81 21:22 15:37 08:38 08:45 2.44
0.97 29:27 08:05 08:20 08:38 3.41
2.11 47:14 17:47 08:26 08:33 5.52
1.39 58:59 11:45 08:27 08:32 6.91
0.48 62:39 03:40 07:38 08:29 7.39
Monday, June 11, 2007
I fucking chortle, part 2
| Which God or Goddess are you like? Your Result: Satan You are dEvil.You love to make people cring, and you also laugh and heckle Jesus while his back is turned. You have a weird sense of humor, but somehow it works. Many fear you, and thats the way you like it. Congatulations!! Your are Satan!! | |
| Jesus | |
| Goddess Sekhemet | |
| Budha | |
| The Christian God | |
| You are your own God or Goddess | |
| God Zeus | |
| Goddess Bast | |
| Which God or Goddess are you like? Make Your Own Quiz | |
12 years of Episcopal prep school couldn't steer me wrong...
I fucking chortle, part 1
| What American accent do you have? Your Result: Boston You definitely have a Boston accent, even if you think you don't. Of course, that doesn't mean you are from the Boston area, you may also be from New Hampshire or Maine. | |
| The West | |
| The Midland | |
| North Central | |
| The Northeast | |
| Philadelphia | |
| The Inland North | |
| The South | |
| What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz | |
I grew up in Virginia. I have taken great pains to purge the vestigial remnants of Southern influence.
Since I'm legally from New Hampshire, this is a good sign...
5.5mi, 47:47, 11 JUN 07, Carolina Shores NC
some random music to an Air Force propaganda video from a decade ago
WX at 0800: 62 (17) DP 53 (12) BP 30.05 (1017) NNE 5 cloudy RH 72
Odometer 3: 311.7mi
Z3-4.
First run in a while, and first after driving 1200 miles in two days. My lower back is a little tight, but I'm also dragging from the rigor of a long drive.
I briefly thought about going 7ish, but thought better of it. Although I was warmed up, I figured I'd take it easy this morning. I did run negative splits, which was a good indicator of loosening up.
Maybe better luck tomorrow.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.63 05:51 05:51 09:17 09:17 0.63
1.81 21:59 16:08 08:55 09:01 2.44
0.97 30:27 08:28 08:44 08:56 3.41
1.57 43:55 13:28 08:35 08:49 4.98
0.48 47:47 03:52 08:03 08:45 5.46
WX at 0800: 62 (17) DP 53 (12) BP 30.05 (1017) NNE 5 cloudy RH 72
Odometer 3: 311.7mi
Z3-4.
First run in a while, and first after driving 1200 miles in two days. My lower back is a little tight, but I'm also dragging from the rigor of a long drive.
I briefly thought about going 7ish, but thought better of it. Although I was warmed up, I figured I'd take it easy this morning. I did run negative splits, which was a good indicator of loosening up.
Maybe better luck tomorrow.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.63 05:51 05:51 09:17 09:17 0.63
1.81 21:59 16:08 08:55 09:01 2.44
0.97 30:27 08:28 08:44 08:56 3.41
1.57 43:55 13:28 08:35 08:49 4.98
0.48 47:47 03:52 08:03 08:45 5.46
Thursday, June 07, 2007
6,000m on Concept2 Model C, 26:40, 7 JUN 07, Fort Leavenworth KS
Gene, "Where Are They Now?"
WX at 0600: 75.9 (24.4) DP 64.9 (18.3) BP 29.4 (995) S 30G40 overcast RH 68
Odometer 3: 306.2mi N/A
Z3.
The Concept was fixed, with a new chain, a set of Model D grips and a new PM2 computer. Keen!
So much for thinking I was all recovered. I was killing myself just to hold a 2:15/500m today. I have, to quote Paul Simon, become soft in the middle now...to think I used to hold 2:08/500m with comparative ease.
The repairs on the Concept also had an effect on the turbine, as I was registering a drag factor higher than I've ever seen.
The wind was pretty fast all night. An hour earlier it had been gusting 43mph from a sustained wind speed of 29mph. Being an old paratrooper, I couldn't help but think "man, it sure would suck to have to jump in this" although it does exceed safety minimums for peacetime.
Splits
Distance: 6000
Time: 0:26:40
Per 500m: 02:13
Drag Factor : 193
Per Mile: 0:07:09
WX at 0600: 75.9 (24.4) DP 64.9 (18.3) BP 29.4 (995) S 30G40 overcast RH 68
Odometer 3: 306.2mi N/A
Z3.
The Concept was fixed, with a new chain, a set of Model D grips and a new PM2 computer. Keen!
So much for thinking I was all recovered. I was killing myself just to hold a 2:15/500m today. I have, to quote Paul Simon, become soft in the middle now...to think I used to hold 2:08/500m with comparative ease.
The repairs on the Concept also had an effect on the turbine, as I was registering a drag factor higher than I've ever seen.
The wind was pretty fast all night. An hour earlier it had been gusting 43mph from a sustained wind speed of 29mph. Being an old paratrooper, I couldn't help but think "man, it sure would suck to have to jump in this" although it does exceed safety minimums for peacetime.
Splits
Distance: 6000
Time: 0:26:40
Per 500m: 02:13
Drag Factor : 193
Per Mile: 0:07:09
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
4.2mi, 39:02, 6 JUN 07, Fort Leavenworth KS
The High Violets, "Invitation"
WX at 0700: 64.0 (17.8) DP 53.1 (11.7) BP 29.73 (1006) SSE 13 RH 67
Odometer 4: 104.0mi
Z2-3.
Distances, and consequently paces, are approximate. The imagery I have doesn't support the run I did this morning.
It didn't feel as windy as the reading would suggest, and at Leavenworth, it wasn't. (The WX reading are taken from Kansas City International Airport, about 12 miles away.)
I felt inconsistent today, but my running partner felt much worse. He's also been fighting plantar fasciitis for the last few months.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.80 07:24 07:24 09:14 09:14 0.80
1.29 19:35 12:11 09:28 09:22 2.09
0.80 26:45 07:10 08:57 09:15 2.89
1.26 39:02 12:17 09:45 09:24 4.15
WX at 0700: 64.0 (17.8) DP 53.1 (11.7) BP 29.73 (1006) SSE 13 RH 67
Odometer 4: 104.0mi
Z2-3.
Distances, and consequently paces, are approximate. The imagery I have doesn't support the run I did this morning.
It didn't feel as windy as the reading would suggest, and at Leavenworth, it wasn't. (The WX reading are taken from Kansas City International Airport, about 12 miles away.)
I felt inconsistent today, but my running partner felt much worse. He's also been fighting plantar fasciitis for the last few months.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.80 07:24 07:24 09:14 09:14 0.80
1.29 19:35 12:11 09:28 09:22 2.09
0.80 26:45 07:10 08:57 09:15 2.89
1.26 39:02 12:17 09:45 09:24 4.15
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
3.3mi+0.5mi, 30:12, 5 JUN 07, Fort Leavenworth KS
Radiohead, "Anyone Can Play Guitar"
ABBA, "Angel Eyes"
WX at 0600: 60.1 (15.6) DP 55.9 (13.3) BP 29.86 (1011) NNW 6 RH 86
Odometer 3: 306.2mi
Z2.
I did some more wogging on the track this morning, trying to recover from my Sunday run. As the splits would indicate, I started accelerating as I got progressively more warmed up. I'm not sure where I was running so inconsistent splits coming even/odd in the first few laps, but I thought I was pretty consistent near the end. I was going at what I felt like marathon pace effort, and I guess for that kind of pace at the end, I can't say too much.
The transition to the ABBA song came from the end of the refrain of the Radiohead song. This might be one of the few times I think of ABBA and Radiohead in the same thought.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.28 02:41 02:41 09:39 09:39 0.28
0.28 05:18 02:37 09:25 09:32 0.56
0.28 07:53 02:35 09:18 09:27 0.83
0.28 10:24 02:31 09:03 09:21 1.11
0.28 12:58 02:34 09:14 09:20 1.39
0.28 15:30 02:32 09:07 09:18 1.67
0.28 18:00 02:30 09:00 09:15 1.95
0.28 20:29 02:29 08:56 09:13 2.22
0.28 23:00 02:31 09:03 09:12 2.50
0.28 25:27 02:27 08:49 09:09 2.78
0.28 27:51 02:24 08:38 09:06 3.06
0.28 30:12 02:21 08:27 09:03 3.34
ABBA, "Angel Eyes"
WX at 0600: 60.1 (15.6) DP 55.9 (13.3) BP 29.86 (1011) NNW 6 RH 86
Odometer 3: 306.2mi
Z2.
I did some more wogging on the track this morning, trying to recover from my Sunday run. As the splits would indicate, I started accelerating as I got progressively more warmed up. I'm not sure where I was running so inconsistent splits coming even/odd in the first few laps, but I thought I was pretty consistent near the end. I was going at what I felt like marathon pace effort, and I guess for that kind of pace at the end, I can't say too much.
The transition to the ABBA song came from the end of the refrain of the Radiohead song. This might be one of the few times I think of ABBA and Radiohead in the same thought.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.28 02:41 02:41 09:39 09:39 0.28
0.28 05:18 02:37 09:25 09:32 0.56
0.28 07:53 02:35 09:18 09:27 0.83
0.28 10:24 02:31 09:03 09:21 1.11
0.28 12:58 02:34 09:14 09:20 1.39
0.28 15:30 02:32 09:07 09:18 1.67
0.28 18:00 02:30 09:00 09:15 1.95
0.28 20:29 02:29 08:56 09:13 2.22
0.28 23:00 02:31 09:03 09:12 2.50
0.28 25:27 02:27 08:49 09:09 2.78
0.28 27:51 02:24 08:38 09:06 3.06
0.28 30:12 02:21 08:27 09:03 3.34
Monday, June 04, 2007
4.0mi, 36:57, 4 JUN 07, Fort Leavenworth KS
The Go! Team, "Huddle Formation"
Ashley Tisdale, "Kiss The Girl"
The Judybats, "Ugly On The Outside"
WX at 0600: 60.1 (15.6) DP 57.0 (13.9) BP 29.77 (1008) W 8 clear RH 89
Odometer 3: 302.4mi
Z2-3.
Wogging, but inconsistent. My partner wanted to go faster (unconsciously), I didn't.
Feeling yesterday's long run in a big way.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.86 07:40 07:40 08:57 08:57 0.86
0.73 14:14 06:34 09:00 08:58 1.59
0.98 23:23 09:09 09:18 09:06 2.57
0.78 30:38 07:15 09:18 09:09 3.35
0.65 36:57 06:19 09:43 09:14 4.00
Ashley Tisdale, "Kiss The Girl"
The Judybats, "Ugly On The Outside"
WX at 0600: 60.1 (15.6) DP 57.0 (13.9) BP 29.77 (1008) W 8 clear RH 89
Odometer 3: 302.4mi
Z2-3.
Wogging, but inconsistent. My partner wanted to go faster (unconsciously), I didn't.
Feeling yesterday's long run in a big way.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.86 07:40 07:40 08:57 08:57 0.86
0.73 14:14 06:34 09:00 08:58 1.59
0.98 23:23 09:09 09:18 09:06 2.57
0.78 30:38 07:15 09:18 09:09 3.35
0.65 36:57 06:19 09:43 09:14 4.00
Sunday, June 03, 2007
9.0mi, 78:59, 3 JUN 07, Fort Leavenworth KS
Paul Oakenfold, "Ready Steady Go"
The DiVinyls, "I Touch Myself" (yes.)
Michael Kamen, "Band of Brothers Suite No. 2"
WX at 0900: 62.1 (16.7) DP 55.9 (13.3) BP 29.79 (1008) WNW 10 RH 80
Odometer 4: 99.8mi
Z3.
Today was the first time I've tried running this since, I think, February. Surprisingly, I ran mostly negative splits once I had gotten up the giant hill in the first two miles of the course. My climb at the 7.59 mark was slower than usual - but in all honesty, not so bad if I can run 8:20 as a finisher.
The DiVinyls song is because of a particularly insidious piece of video footage taken by a JLENS aerostat near Balad, Iraq. Eeeeuww. Now I have that song stuck in my head.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.34 02:59 02:59 08:46 08:46 0.34
0.87 11:17 08:18 09:32 09:20 1.21
2.28 30:50 19:33 08:34 08:50 3.49
3.82 64:33 33:43 08:50 08:50 7.31
0.28 67:31 02:58 10:36 08:54 7.59
1.10 76:44 09:13 08:23 08:50 8.69
0.27 78:59 02:15 08:20 08:49 8.96
The DiVinyls, "I Touch Myself" (yes.)
Michael Kamen, "Band of Brothers Suite No. 2"
WX at 0900: 62.1 (16.7) DP 55.9 (13.3) BP 29.79 (1008) WNW 10 RH 80
Odometer 4: 99.8mi
Z3.
Today was the first time I've tried running this since, I think, February. Surprisingly, I ran mostly negative splits once I had gotten up the giant hill in the first two miles of the course. My climb at the 7.59 mark was slower than usual - but in all honesty, not so bad if I can run 8:20 as a finisher.
The DiVinyls song is because of a particularly insidious piece of video footage taken by a JLENS aerostat near Balad, Iraq. Eeeeuww. Now I have that song stuck in my head.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.34 02:59 02:59 08:46 08:46 0.34
0.87 11:17 08:18 09:32 09:20 1.21
2.28 30:50 19:33 08:34 08:50 3.49
3.82 64:33 33:43 08:50 08:50 7.31
0.28 67:31 02:58 10:36 08:54 7.59
1.10 76:44 09:13 08:23 08:50 8.69
0.27 78:59 02:15 08:20 08:49 8.96
Friday, June 01, 2007
8,000m on Fluid S350, 33:18, 1 JUN 07, Fort Leavenworth KS
Paul Oakenfold, "Ready Steady Go"
WX at 0600: 62.1 (16.7) DP 60.1 (15.6) BP 29.79 (1008) SSE 6 tstorms RH 93
Odometer 3: 298.4mi N/A
Z3.
The weather and my massive drinkathon last night (all four beers and six hot dogs of it) ensured that I wasn't going to be running much of anywhere this morning. So I spun, and it was productive, and I got some of the alcohol out of my pores, which was always useful.
Distance: 8000
Time: 0:33:18
Per 500m: 02:05
Drag Factor : 6
Per Mile: 0:06:42
WX at 0600: 62.1 (16.7) DP 60.1 (15.6) BP 29.79 (1008) SSE 6 tstorms RH 93
Odometer 3: 298.4mi N/A
Z3.
The weather and my massive drinkathon last night (all four beers and six hot dogs of it) ensured that I wasn't going to be running much of anywhere this morning. So I spun, and it was productive, and I got some of the alcohol out of my pores, which was always useful.
Distance: 8000
Time: 0:33:18
Per 500m: 02:05
Drag Factor : 6
Per Mile: 0:06:42
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