Buttsweat Towel© season has begun

73F, 73%, E 14 mph.  Today was definitely no-shirt weather, even with Danielle's disapproving looks.

I just did this as a progressive effort "fun" run, and it was the right decision.  That course is definitely hillier than anything I have ever run on, and a real sweat-fest.  Here are the splits:

7:22, 7:09, 7:24, 7:15, 7:15, 7:10, 7:11, 7:10, 6:56, 7:13, 6:46, 6:48, 6:44, 0:46 (5:29 pace).

The splits don't look cleanly progressive, you'll just have to trust me the effort was -- lotsa hills meant pace was all over the place.  The highlight was a guy I was running with in mile 4 or 5 (he was gasping for air) telling me he was just on a recovery run today so might not want to pace off of him.  He dropped back  pretty quick after that...I smiled about it for awhile.  I did still manage 3rd in AG which came with a nice plaque.  And of course a cheap PR; the all-out effort will come in November in our local half.  Flatter and cooler!

Afterward, I ran the course backwards to meet up with Danielle and run her in.  We had a really good time and she passed everyone in the last tenth of a mile, including me.

Results

68F, 87%.  2 full days off to start my "reset week."  8:42 AP today.

After this week I'll be back up to speed with most weeks 65-70 miles until Houston.  I'm keeping the long runs (with MP) and medium-long runs from the pfitz plan, and simply throwing in workouts when I most feel like it, but only once a week.  Mostly tempos and maybe some 800s when I'm feeling really ambitious.  This will be a small step up from Oklahoma training this spring.  Small steps is the way to go I think.

56F, foggy!  Haven't seen 100% humidity here in awhile but didn't matter because the cool temps are back...hopefully for good this time.  7:57 AP.

61F, 7:48/mile avg.

63F.  Managed to squeeze in a few easy miles before my daughter's soccer game.  8:32 AP.