Buttsweat Towel© season has begun

60F.  8:32 AP.  Slogged through 4 miles this morning.  I didn't even run yesterday.  It's been 2 weeks since Boston...time to kick the unhealthy habits again and get going.  Fun fat time is over.  Excited to try some of coach Bam's ideas for awhile.

61F, SSE 10 mph.  8:10 AP.  Gonna speed it up a little tomorrow.

62F, SSE 13 mph.  7:53 AP.  Easy down to the track, then a 2x6x20 sec on the grass. That really felt good. I loved flying down the football field. Pretty much just ran goalpost to goalpost; these were not sprints, just vo2 max pace (maybe did 'em a bit fast, hard to tell). So it was very much just an introduction to the pace, a low-stress run. 5 min jog between the 2 sets, and easy run back home.

40F, N 29-45 mph.  8:34 AP.  Really had an internal debate on whether to go out or not.  It wasn't raining, contrary to what was predicted, so I figured I didn't really have an excuse.  Some of the gusts would cause my feet to hit each other and I ran with a nice, big lean on my east-west road, but it's done at least.  I don't know if you can call it running but it was something..

34F, 7:18 AP.  7-mile progression run and 1 cool-down mile.  Started slow and let the pace progress naturally.  Toward the end of mile 7, it no longer felt natural so I jogged the last one home.  Probably could have forced mile 8 down there, but I'm not ready for an "effort" yet; trying to do the whole "listen" thing more.  It'll be 2-3 weeks probably before those paces feel natural again, I guess.  I did well to pull the plug and keep it aerobic.

8:10, 7:51, 7:28, 7:14, 6:53, 6:42, 6:37.  cool down 7:31.

The progression run has kind of fallen off my radar for awhile.  I've also started a trend of positive-splitting most races.  Coincidence?

52F, NNW 17 mph.  no watch....whaaa?