Buttsweat Towel© season has begun

Pretty long day, but felt good running anyway.  Nabbed the TM that I hacked to give extra time and churned out 8.0 at an 8:25 avg.

EZ miles with another fast finish.  Last quarter mile at 11.1 mph (5:24 pace).  I meant to do 11.0 but once I realized I'd gone to far it was too late to mess with it; I'm too clutzy to risk giving anything but 100% concentration at that speed on that narrow belt.  Still managed not to get flung off.  Again it occured to me that people run marathons at that speed, with wind resistance to fight too.  Next week, 11.5...

88 degrees inside the gym today, a new record.  Not quite the 64 degrees they have the thermostat set for, but they are trying.

I did 2 miles warmup @ 8:34, then 8 x 400 (5% incline, 7:53 pace) with a half-mile rest in-between @ 8:34.  Worked pretty hard overall.

90 degrees in the gym.  90.  Couldn't exactly take my business elsewhere though so I hit the TMs (no fan again - dang)!

3 warmup miles @ 8:34

4 tempo miles @ 7:16 avg. (7:30, 7:24, 7:19, 6:52)

They actually had sports on the TVs in front of the machines today (50 greatest baseball moments) so it helped a lot.  Last time they had a show on about frumpy women getting a makeover which was not so helpful.  Anyway, feeling pretty good about the run.  Doing the math, the last 5K today would've been about a 10-second PR so it will be nice to race one eventually and get a real time.

EZ 8 @ 8:34.  Not so easy though, as I had a late lunch and had just eaten some nasty fish an hour prior.  Should have known better.  The TV in front of the TMs had Oprah on it - seriously.  Now I hate Oprah as much as the next person but they had people on that had lost hundreds of pounds so I though maybe that could inspire me just a little.  It was fine until a guy that had lost 500 pounds shed his shirt for the camera to reveal all his excess skin.  Then I thought of the nasty fish I ate and how it still had skin on it too.  The last few miles I struggled to keep it down and had nasty fish burps the whole time.

8:00 AP - I planned to do 6.5 at MGP today but threw in the towel after 4.  Then committed the big sin by not finishing the mileage for the day.  Part of the problem was I had to work through lunch again, ate late, and this time waited 90 minutes before running.  Still a little too close for me apparently, the way I stuff myself.  I just felt my stomach expand and couldn't burp it out kind of like the fish run yesterday.  Still, pretty weak on my part to quit - the big red STOP button was too enticing today.  That's another thing I miss about running outside - I always set it up to where I had to finish the planned mileage or I wouldn't make it home (out and back).  Maybe I'll do a few days of easy runs before I speed it up again...maybe.