Buttsweat Towel© season has begun

After work I was sitting at 36 hours with no sleep (still not a PR though) so I took a 2-hour nap and woke up to get in a little run and go eat something.  Now I can sleep for real.  8:31 AP.

7:40 avg pace.  3 easy + 8 GMP.

3 easy @ 8:01

8 GMP @ 7:32 (splits were 7:35, 7:34, 7:37, 7:32, 7:26, 7:31, 7:32, 7:31)

Lately I've been doing my GMP runs a little faster -- having delusions of grandeur thinking I might be able to crack 3:20.  I keep hoping this pace will feel like MP.  Still not quite.  I'm sure I can hold it for a long time, 2 hours no problem...maybe 2.5...but more than that?  Don't know.

Looking at McMillan equivalent paces it seems like I should be right on top of it:

--5K @ 6:36 pace?  Basically did it my last race.

--5mi @ 6:48 pace?  Did 5mi tempo recently @ 6:54...at the end of an 11-mile run.

--HM @ 7:15 pace?  Ran 7:26 pace on what was supposed to be a 13.1 MP run but got carried away, just messing around.

Still gotta think about it awhile since 3:20 doesn't really hold any significance for me, and I'd like to just have a good time with the race.

8:17 pace on a foggy morning...didn't expect that.

7:58 AP.  Mostly kept it between 8:00 and 8:10, then did the last 3 in the 7:20s.

7 miles on an airbase in Qatar, avg 7:51.  Picked it up the last half-mile or so.

Looks like I'll be stuck here a few days.  As a rule, getting home from a deployment always has to be more complicated and time-consuming than going the other way.

7:51 AP.  It's a lot warmer here than in Baghdad (during winter) - it was 70F by the time I finished around 9am.  So, a pretty solid effort.

I'm realizing yesterday was my first day off work since July.  I almost did a double yesterday out of pure boredom, but first I counted the number of clean boxers in my overnight bag and decided it wouldn't work out.