AM: Ran a track workout of two downward ladders: 1600, 1000, 800, 400, 200m, all with 200m rest between, 10K pace for the 1600, and dropping pace to mile pace by the 200m. This workout was hard. I had just gotten an email from my mother in law that she couldn't mail my Humira to me (apparently it is illegal, I accidentally left my three month's supply of Humira at her house instead of packing it last minute with my cold packs before the flight). So I was demoralized from that. My insurance might not cover it, they are debating it right now. Welcome to socialized medicine. I have been a big proponent of socialized medicine, but one of the aspects tends to be some limits on coverage, so I am experiencing those limits firsthand. They do not cover any psychological issues, which means they might not cover Mickie's ADHD, and they don't cover birth control (BYU didn't either). Anyway. The track doesn't open until 6:45, so started the workout when it was too warm for comfort, 82-84F. The run ended up being somewhat of a comedy of errors, since my mp3 player fell out one two fast bits, affecting my times and the second time it broke, and someone picked it up (I thought it was keifed but someone later came up to me and gave it to me, he kept it safe for me!). Ok, I realize this post is a little stream of consciousness. Sorry. Warm up was sluggish. 3.39 miles in just under 30 min. Times were 6:01, 3:39 (stopped and picked up my mp3 player in this one), 2:49 (mp3 player fell off again, almost stop and pick it up, but think better of it), 1:19, 38, 5:56, 3:38, 2:50, 1:19, 35. I was pretty upset about my second 1000 and 800, thought I should do better, but the times were in line with where I should be right now. 2.35 cool down. PM: core workout, then went to the Hong Kong Sports Institute, to meet the Olympic Track Coach, Paul Wright, who happens to be in my congregation, and to meet the lone female marathon Olympic hopeful: Alison (I will post her chinese name once I know it). Did my recovery second run on the track there, some with Alison before she warmed up for her fartlek that evening. 5 miles in 41 min. During the day went out with the kids to pick up JJ's school uniform and to pick up shoes I won from the race last week. I got a mizuno precision and a wave rider, and Benji got a pair of black shoes with bright orange edges. It was way indulgent of me, because that was about a $60 investment in his shoes, and he is so unworthy, always beats up his shoes so bad. We found a frozen yogurt shop! Expensive but worth it.
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