Buttsweat Towel© season has begun

AM:  73F, 87%.  10 @ 7:38 AP.  Found the thigh-deep water in mile 1 today, that was fun.

2 days off for my calf - it started out fine but I felt it more and more as the run went on...possibly with the natural increase in pace.  I first aggravated it after a workout so the message is probably to keep it at a shuffle this week.

PM:  84F, 69% (HI 90F).  4 @ 8:06 AP.  I think I'll just try to repeat today's runs every day this week, but probably even slower.  Stupid calf.

AM:  76F, 95%.  10 @ 7:56 AP.  I tried Jake's heat wrap idea and kept the pace pretty snug around 8 minutes...that combo helped the calf out a lot this morning.  I'll start mixing in workouts when I'm pretty sure the calf won't be a factor anymore.  I'm in a long base phase right now anyway...miles first, workouts second.

PM:  86F, 59% (HI 91F).  4 @ 7:59 AP.

AM:  75F, 92%.  10 @ 8:08 AP.  Tired, hot, creek levels still high so a back-and-forth route...  Just punching the clock today.  Almost stepped on a baby possum though.  Most critters move out of my way but this little guy just stared innocently at me as I made a last-minute move to avoid him...where was mama possum on that one?  Probably digging in someone's garbage can.

PM:  85F, 69% (HI 92F).  4 @ 8:22 AP.

AM:  65F, 90%.  5 @ 8:25 AP.  Legs felt all bogged down yesterday so I decided on a cutback day today.  I was a little pissed when I saw it was 65 degrees though (~10 degrees cooler than forecasted).  Some more thunderstorms had come through last night to cool everything off.  I think I would've structured my week a little differently had I known this opportunity would be available, but maybe I'll luck out tomorrow morning and it'll be decent (long run day).

PM:  82F, 59% (HI 84F).  4 @ 8:25 AP.  Still tired.  But on the plus side, I'm getting a sweet watch tan from all these lunch runs.

You can actually see the notches...ridiculous!

AM:  73F, 93%.  20 @ 7:36 AP.  After 3 Weekend Fails in a row, I finally got in a decent long run.  Felt pretty good too, with a DP in the low 70s.  I'm going to try to do these every weekend, but even if I only pull it off once every 2 or 3 weeks, I'll still be ahead of years past.  There are so many benefits to the LR, I'm not sure why I always thought it was ok to stop doing them for 6 months out of every year just because it was a little warm.

PM:  Daughter's last bball game.  They only won 1 game during the regular season but every team makes the playoffs, and they won both playoff games somehow so they got the big trophy.