Buttsweat Towel© season has begun

AM:  76F, 89%.  6 @ 8:37 AP.  Took the dog along to run the neighborhood construction route.  After 4 miles or so I noticed him panting differently and he seemed to have foamy drool so I dropped him off at home @ 5 miles.  While I finished up my run he went to the closest carpet (had to go upstairs) and threw up on it.  When I put him in the backyard I noticed his legs were pretty unsteady and he wasn't looking too good.  So I hosed him off outside and gave him a big bucket of water.  He's one of those dogs that would run himself to death if he thought it would please his human master...so I probably need to drop him off a little sooner next time.

AM:  75F, 91%.  6 @ 7:58 AP.  with Lackluster Strides.

PM:  4 TM miles, with a few more 5k strides.  Workout tomorrow.  I guess.

Decided to do my workout on the TMs at the gym at work - my fragile psyche can't take another workout fail on the track.  So I did 10 x (2 min on / 1 min off).  Increased the speed every rep - the on's started at 10.0 and ended at 11.0 (skipped 10.1 when I realized my kindergarten counting skills were rusty).  The off's were all @ 6.7.  Works out to a solid 20 minutes total at ~5k avg.  The most important thing is that I actually did what I set out to do, which makes this an atypical workout.

Alright, laying low the rest of the week to be ready for supercompensation on Monday...

AM:  77F, 82%.  6 @ 8:27 AP.  Last mile or two I had to pick it up a little to > recovery pace, as a couple people were trying to race me (in my mind).  We all know I don't take too kindly to that (trail rage).

PM:  4 mile TM plod.

AM:  76F, 87%.  6 @ 8:42 AP.  yyyyyyyyyep.

PM:  95F.  4 @ 8:23 AP.  Sticker burr season is here, adding a degree of difficulty to my soft-surface running attempts.

Beautiful, really.  If you listen closely, you can hear Mother Nature whispering, "Stay the &@$! away from me."  

Fortunately I can take my shoes off without untying them.  My plan is to pay one of my kids to take them off.  What is a fair price per burr?

AM:  77F, 87%.  6 @ 8:29 AP.  Legs still cruddy and tired....why, I don't know.  I'm running a total of 12 miles the entire weekend, so that should fix me.  Sometimes I think I have one foot in the grave already.

PM:  4 TM miles with fast strides...although all the stride speeds feel the same on the stupid 'mill.  I was just too pooped to do them this morning outside.