AM: 17 miles, averaged 6:45. Started with a good group, but after a few miles warmup we started picking it up, and it was just Mike and me for the second half.
Some people are good at taking downtime to recover- I'm not. I'm not a health nut by nature, so when I'm not training with focus, I tend to eat worse and stay up later.
I knew I needed to test my hamstring and shake the dust off this morning, and I think that got done, but it wasn't pretty. The combo of lazy running, a Belgian chocolate pie last night and ascendant humidity made this one a struggle. It was basically a progression run through about mile 13 when we managed two miles at 5:45 then 5:35, then I had to throw in the towel.
Definitely not adapted to the humidity yet. The dew point was 69, which is unpleasant, but at the peak of summer this would be dream weather. After the 5:35 mile, my heart rate was through the roof.
I think Mike knew I needed to take my mind off the suffering, so he spent the next mile describing the role of three-dimensional shapes in Greek philosophy, how they were translated into theories of the elements, and how those theories led Kepler to elliptical planetary orbits. Since the discussion was based on a lesson for his elementary students, I was able to follow about 75% of it in my stupor.
I spent the next few hours at home useless, promising my wife I'd get productive as soon as I could move again.
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