Buttsweat Towel© season has begun

61F -> 66F.  24 @ 7:51 AP.  Double long run, day 2 is complete.  Had to get it in off of only 4-5 hours of sleep but once the caffeine kicked in I was ok.  This one went pretty much like yesterday, except the first few miles were slower and more painful, and the back half was faster (~7:40/mile for the last 12) and oddly felt better.  So there we go, 48 miles in 2 days.  Now 50% of my ultra-specific workouts (1 of 2) are complete.  In a few weeks, I'll do a 30-35 miler and call it good.  It would also be wise to, you know, run on trails eventually, since it's a trail race.  I don't have time for that during the week, but I hope to make the rest of my weekend long runs on something more technical than sidewalk.

70F.  4 @ 9:05 AP.  You know that 85-year-old guy you see in races in the last mile, and you don't know whether to cheer for him or beg him to stop running so you can call an ambulance?  That.

5 @ 8:18 AP

8 miles, watch ran out of juice.

71F, 89%.  10 @ 8:13 AP.  Left home @ 4:30am and got back from work @ 9:30pm....one of those days.

73F, 88%.  6 @ 8:59 AP.  Regressive run, felt horrible.  Can't tell if I'm getting sick or just exhausted from a crazy week.  I never thought an "office job" could possibly be tiring after some of the crazy jobs I've been through, but lately...ugh!  One more week until our Jamaican cruise...countdown is on!

AM:  67F -> 74F.  17 @ 8:35 AP.  Fun morning on the trails.  I debated skipping this run since I felt like crap yesterday, but I wound getting almost 8 hours of sleep last night and felt pretty good when I woke up.  So I headed to Government Canyon (worst park name ever) and ran around until I hit ~2.5 hours on the watch.  The trails there are no cakewalk and I was definitely working (possibly even werking)...I'd say moderate to hard aerobic effort, most of the time.  Legs feel nice and beat up - I made sure to go careening out of control on every good downhill stretch.

Went through 40 oz of liquids during the run and was still really thirsty at the end.  So I weighed myself when I got home and saw 139.8!  Pretty sure the last time I was that light, my face was covered with zits and I was listening to the new Soundgarden album (Spoonman!!).  Obviously way dehydrated today, but an interesting note nonetheless.