Buttsweat Towel© season has begun

77F, 57%, ESE 13 mph, overcast.  7:33 AP.  Felt ok, the cloud cover helped.  After the run I watched the men's marathon.  Never watched one from start to finish like that, and I actually enjoyed it.  I won't spoil it here in case you haven't seen it yet.

70F.  8:10 AP.  Little by little, it's cooling off.  Lots of 60's for lows in the forecast next week.  The timing is good as well - in 2 weeks I will start to ramp up for the Tulsa marathon.

I was just doing a little reading about the 1904 Olympic marathon.  Really funny stuff - highlights include the first instance of doping (using rat poison), someone who got a ride in a car for 10 of the miles, and a starving Cuban guy who would have done better but stopped to eat rotten apples at an orchard and got sick.

70F.  7:25 AP.

71F, 88%.  7:36 AP.  Still can't think of anything to say about the run.  I put on my shoes and then ran..that's about it.  My oldest daughter starts 1st grade today though!

77F, 69%.  Forgot to look at the pace, probably 8:20s.

70F, NNE 11 mph.  7:10 AP.  My 1 workout for the week: 6 easy followed by 5 tempo.  Went ok, but still felt tougher than I wanted it to.

The 5 tempo miles averaged 6:36.  Splits - 6:42, 6:38, 6:35, 6:32, 6:32.  The smooth-looking progression kind of belies the struggle it actually was, but maybe I'll do better when it cools off the rest of the way.

78F, 69%.  8:07 AP.  Slept in, it was great. Ran at about 9am and it was still relatively cool.  Then it rained this afternoon which has become an extremeley rare sight around here.  Almost as rare as me putting a shirt on to run.