Buttsweat Towel© season has begun

74F, 78%.  7:29 AP.  Didn't feel as hot out there today - I actually felt the best in the last few miles instead of getting the usual drained/wilted/melted/weak/puny feeling.  Maybe I still had more heat adapting to do, although it was kind of a mild morning.

73F, 82%, 8:20 AP.  just plodding along.  2 more months of summer, then I will start training for a marathon...I think I've settled on the Route 66 in Tulsa.

78F, S 17-24 mph.  8:07 AP.  felt sluggish and kind of awkward.

76F, 73%, S 10 mph.  Today was 3.5 warmup, a hard 5K, and 3.4 cooldown.  This time I cheated even more and put together a 5k course that dropped a net 100 feet.  The first quarter mile drops 50' by itself which is basically falling off a cliff by Oklahoma standards.  After that it's a pretty mild course with a few ups and downs.

I did the 5k in 19:13

6:06  -80 ft

6:23  +7 ft

6:07  -28 ft

:37

So even though I cheated as much as geographically possible, I couldn't even break 19.  This was basically time trial effort, without the finishing kick.  I know the heat slows me down, but not that much.  Still have more a lot work to do on that 5k goal I guess.

75F, 8:17 AP.  I can feel the sleep defecit turning into sleep debt -- should be able to sleep in on Saturday though

73F.  Short interval day - went down to the track for 12 x 400, knowing it would probably still be under construction...it was.  So, reset the watch for 0.25 mile laps and did 12 x .25 miles, with 1-minute recovery jogs.  Naturally, it seemed like every repeat started at the bottom of a big hill, and every good downhill was wasted during the recovery minute.  My goal was to average 1:26 (goal 5K pace) but I only managed a 1:28 avg.  Maybe not too bad considering the terrain (splits ranged from 1:22 all the way to 1:38 depending on hills) but probably not as good as the 1:24 avg from the last time on the track.  I think the important thing is that I made sure to put forth the effort.  Just for grins, here are the splits - all over the place thanks to the stupid track being closed.

1:28, 1:26, 1:28, 1:34, 1:27, 1:26, 1:22, 1:25, 1:38, 1:27, 1:32, 1:23

86F, 8:12 AP.  mid-morning run.