Seeking a better country...

7 miles inside with Jack Bauer, 7 miles outside in the stiff wind and heat.  When I got home it was 79.  I had 32 oz powerade and stops at the parks for more water.  My legs felt like the bones had been removed and replaced with something more rubbery.  This week wore me out.

Misty morning run on BST.  Little-A wouldn't come with me, despite promising donuts at the end.  She thought it was going to rain.  Turns out she was right.  I was soaked by the time I got home, esp. my feet from brushing against the tall weeds on singletrack.  I have a lot of trouble when my shirt gets extra wet.

I got out for this run when the rain slowed down around 7:45.  I promised I'd put the girls to bed, so I needed to keep it under an hour.  I guess I was feeling punchy, because I knocked out 6 in 43 minutes.  I haven't run fast for any duration in a month, so this felt GREAT.  It's nice to get a reminder that I still know how to run.  

I can't settle on my next marathon.  I don't want to run them just to run them; I want to race marathons to improve and PR.  Is desnews to soon to accomplish that purpose?  I don't think there is a physical limitation, but there may be temporal and mental limitations that would make that somewhat akin to Layton last fall, which was basically a throwaway marathon.  With how busy I am right now, and even feeling a little burnout, my current thinking is to register for TOU, rather than desnews.  On the other hand, the nice thing about desnews is you can register for the low price until 1 week before...so if things are feeling groovy, I can jump on in.  It might be an interesting experiment to do it without a succession of 20 milers, or a complete waste of a holiday and $65. 

.25 warmup, then 5 miles at 6.3 mph at 5.5 incline.  There were lots of leds lit up on the effort gauge;  the sweat running off my head and back confirm this.  Cooldown was 7.3 mph at 1.5 incline;  felt very relaxing after the steeper miles.  I'd like to get better at ignoring the "I need a break" voice.  Better yet, I'd like to figure out how to turn it off.