Denouement

Slept in after getting seats for airplane at 3am.  Ran around noon 7.45 miles in 8:04 ave pace, felt crummy for the first half.

AM: Warmed up 3.71 miles, then did track workout (300m, 200m, 100m sets w/ 200m rest between x 3).  Times were:  61, 40, 17, 61, 38, 18, 58, 35, 17.  Then 3.73 cool down.  Did a pm run before the evening flight.  PM: 4.06 in 7:54 ave pace.  Good by US. Hello HK.

No running, this day simply disappeared by passing the international date and time line.  In the air and not feeling fresh.  Kids did great though, because we were on Singapore Air and they all had their own tv/movies/games they could choose.  I watched Water for Elephants, 80% of Paris at Midnight (that was enough of that) and Soul Surfer (so good).

Got in at 5:30, got to our apartment by 7am.  Did some un packing, then took a nap, then toured Festival Walk (a mall by our apartments) with the kids, then went to Prince Edward area for dinner and it was so busy hot and smelly, it was quite overwhelming for all of us.  So we went to the Spaghetti House, a cheesy  americanized restaurant.  Everyone liked their food except I accidentally ordered a white, cheesy lasagna.  There was more cheese than noodle, so I pulled out the noodles the best I could.  

At 8:45 went on my 60 min "shake out" run with Paul.  Highly annoying because it was blasted hot, i was blasted tired, and Paul was slow and running with me so I kept looping back, and there were many people on the street, so I had to work around them.  Ave pace abt 9:20, effort was about 7:45 pace.  It was crazy.  Soaking wet.  never sweated this much for an over 9 min pace run!  I was not pleased when I finished this run.  It felt like a death knell over my running career, but the subsequent runs have gotten better, so i just need to adjust, and be patient.  And realize I am fighting an uphill battle that will build **character**.

7.11 miles in 8:25 ave pace.  Ran with Paul again, so some back and forth and slow and dodging cars, as we got lost in Tai Wai.  did a circle inadvertantly (trying to go straight).  Pace better than Thursday, but couldn't find bike trail (found it on Saturday).

AM: 5:45 met Roberto, an Italian expat who has graciously introduced me to running in Sha Tin, and has let me know some of the ins and outs of running in HK.  ran 14.2 miles in 7:36 ave pace overall, so company does help, as does the bike trail we were on, less (but not no) car dodging.  There is a trail 20k long, so theres my solution to tempo and long run course issues.  Was supposed to run 14-16 miles with last 2 fast, but I did one fast mile 6:32, started into the last mile at the same pace, but after .06 I lost my will and thought I'd jog it in.  I lost my gu along the trail.  But did get lots to drink.  See my weight though.  I lost several pounds of water and was near delirious when i got hom.  PM: 4.22 miles in 8:13 ave pace.  Do I need to write up that I sweat like a pig for every run or do you get the point?