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1:59:10 (1:02:33/56:36) AP: 8:56/8:05, last 2 miles hard (I only got a split for the last mile it was 7:04).  It was so much cooler today than last Sunday, it was about 78F at the start and a mere 85F at the end, I was so happy about that.  The humidity was 73% at the start ... but went down considerably as it warmed up.  I am very happy to report that Summer is over.  Although we will still have high temps hovering around 95-98F for a while, the lows are supposed to be in the 70's for the next week -- yippee!!  I might even feel a bit chilled in the morning ;-).

So, right after I posted how the monsoon ruined my PM run last night we lost power and it did not come on until early this morning.  The bad news was that I did not get to watch the Reiti track meet (Rudisha and Kiprock ran amazing races in the 800 and 1500!); the good news was that I got to bed earlier, and made headway on a book I am reading.  

I hope you are all doing well bloggers.  I am remembering where I was on this day in 2001, and thinking how I can make the world a better place, that is what I am doing.  Well, in between getting ready for a guest lecture I have to give to a 160 undergrads on Tuesday, getting ready for a lab meeting I have to speak in on Monday afternoon, oh yea, and get ready for class tomorrow ;-).

Happy Sunday. 

AM: (9 miles, 1:17:32).  I don't have my exact splits ... but it went something like this: 27:00wu/26:00cd + 10 x 45" w/2` recovery.  I got out by 6:30 and was in a hurry because I was guest lecturing this morning.  Despite working on my lecture for 3 days (it was a "recruitment" talk to undergrads), STILL half of them fell asleep, and I don't think I got any takers ... even though I opened with:

“I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians,” said Hal Varian, chief economist at Google. “And I’m not kidding.”

I did get a few groans when I told them what prerequisites they  needed to take now in order apply to grad school. sigh.

 PM: easy 4 ...

Have a great day bloggers! 

1:12:21.  Nice morning, humid (because it rained all night), but in the 70s.  Actually, when I first walked outside I thought, brr ... I might have to get my gloves

;-).

Have a wonderful hump day bloggers.   I am in a hurry, very difficult proofs today in class, it is always the hardest lecture for me (and the students) ...

AM: (11 miles, 1:31:55).  30:14wu/28:26cd  6 x 800 w/400 recovery (3:26, 3:25, 3:24, 3:23, 3:23, 3:23; average 2:30 recovery).   I wasn't sure how I was going to do with these ... last March I ran 3:22, 3:22, 3:20, 3:20, 3:19, 3:19 .... but, it wasn't nearly as hot then (85F and sunny) and I haven't done anything like this since then ... so, I guess I am ok happy; you have to start somewhere ;-).  I met a woman who was coaching a guy doing 400's on the track, he is a professional olympic distance triathlete ... he was pretty fast.  She used to be a professional runner in the 90s (was in the Olympics 3 times).  I actually ran "sprints" with her, as we timed her athlete, Stu.  It was fun!

PM: easy 4.

Happy Thursday bloggers! 

1:02:59 ... pretty nice run, despite heavy legs and no sleep.  A little (ok a lot) overwhelmed with work right now.  Doesn't look like a day off will be happening for quite a while.  

Happy Friday bloggers.  GOOD LUCK to all the racing bloggers!!  We are all rooting for you! 

AM: (8 miles, 1:11:22).  Nice morning ... the high at 9AM was the low last week!  Yea!

PM: easy 4.

Great races bloggers, keep the awesome results coming in!!!

I have to go write an abstract for a presentation I hope to give at ASCO (American Society for Clinical Oncology) in January, get ready for a presentation I have to give on Tuesday morning, an analysis I have to finish for some collaborators by Monday afternoon, oh yea, and get ready for my lecture on Monday ... happy days.