I only run on days that end in a "y."

Met up with a couple runners and we did ran a few easy miles with 2.5 @ MGP and then a cool down.  

high 50's and high humidity - easy/recovery pace miles.  Not happy with the weather at all.  I was warm and covered in sweat when I got back at home.  Prediction for race day is 60 degrees and humid at the start.  Wondering if I should go up to Ft. Worth for the Cow Town marathon the following week.  Extended forecasts show a cold front moving in and that it would probably be around 40 degrees at the start.  Hmmm.

Had another run in with the neighborhood skunk - this time on the corner one house away from mine.  I ran fast and on the other side of the road and he still had his tail up.  Fortunately, his backside was facing away from me.

5 easy/recovery miles this morning.  

Could smell the skunk coming down the hill towards my house.  I think I need to come up with another route.

Stayed near the home and ran easy to the track followed by 4 x 400m @ 5k pace and 1 x 200m @ sub 5K pace.  Cooled down around the track and one mile back home.  Last part @ MGP - 7:15 pace which felt good.

Still - 66 degrees this morning.  I know my body does not tolerate heat that well.  At this point I have no idea what I am going to do about the marathon on Sunday.

I have decided to skip the Austin marathon and shot for the Cow Town marathon in Ft. Worth one week later.  I know that my body type does not do well in warmer weather.  It is not so much the 63-65 degrees at start that bother me as much as the 90% humidity that is forecast.  I know my body will start to overheat in those conditions over 26 miles.  It was a tough decision.  We will soon find out if I made the right choice or not.  

Anyway, I am going to run the Austin half marathon as a training run with some miles @ MGP. 

I ran this afternoon and it was 78 degrees but only 50% humidity.  My heart rate was pretty high during the 5 k paced stuff - I don't know what it was but it felt close to max at times.  I mean, a couple weeks ago I ran a 5 mile tempo run in the 6:30's - 6:20's no problem at all when it was in the 20's. 

Anyway, I ran 1.6 easy followed by 6 x 1 min @ 5k pace with 1 min recovery pace in between when the laps database on my watch filled up.  I had to stop and delete the old laps and then I set the fast time for 1:30 and 1:00 recovery pace and did 10 sets of those @ 5k pace with a bit of a cool down afterward. 

OK - so I met up with 3 others doing the full and half tomorrow.  They are all doing the Aussie carb load plan.  Did some easy miles followed by 1000m @ 3:15 followed by serious carb loading.  Even though I am only doing the 1/2 tomorrow I want to go through this exersice today anyway.  I am going to count tomorrow's mileage onto this weeks and then from M-F next week run 20-25.  That would put me back close to 50 this week.