Buttsweat Towel© season has begun

72F, 95%.  6:50 AP.  I spent the first 2 miles getting hot, and the last 11 miles wishing I hadn't signed up for this race.  All in all, 13.1 miles at pretty close to marathon pace, with a dewpoint in the 70s, is ok with me.  I've run in the soup enough to know what it does to me, and this was a decent effort.

1-5 - 6:37, 6:40, 6:45, 6:46, 6:44.  These were all pretty flat miles.  They still felt bad.

6-10 - 7:08, 7:08, 6:51, 6:48, 6:48.  Mile 6 and 7 were just cruel - they could have figured out a different route around those hills.

11-13.1 - 7:04, 7:09, 6:38, 0:47 for 0.15 (5:15 pace).  I was content to cruise it in, but then saw I might not even break 1:30, so I made a run for it at the end.  Plus I'd gotten passed by a dude with nothing but bunhuggers on.  Gross, dude.  Those are for girls, not you.  Gross.  Anyway, I squeaked in below 90 min...

62F, 8:37 AP

58F.  No watch.  I stepped on my gym bag and heard a crunch...now my garmin is no more.  A few words:

It was a good watch.  At almost 4 years old, most garmins its age do not function well, but this one was awesome.  About 2 years ago, the rubber strap broke and I replaced it with a soft one that felt a lot better but absorbed all the dirt and sweat it touched.  You had to be careful not to touch it after showering, because then your hand would stink all day.  You will be missed, stinky garmin.  R.I.P.

58F.  Still no watch; I came home with a forerunner 10 last night because I'm all about simplicity.  I think this went a little too far though...at least for what I need.  So I'm going to swap it out with a 110 today - it's nice having an REI across the street from work.

72F, 94%.  Every time I think I've had my last shirtless morning run....

 Still no watch today, I forgot the charger  to the FR10 yesterday, which I'm guessing I would need to get a refund.  I think the XC team from UTSA was out in force today.  Every once and awhile there will randomly be 20 extra college-aged kids out on the trail; usually it's just me and a few others I recognize.

55F, N 20 mph.  I ran just as the cold front started blowing through.

I didn't have time yesterday to exchange the garmin so no watch again this morning.  Amazing how I made a whole week's worth of entries talking about not having a watch, and barely mentioning anything about running.

43F.  8:11 AP.  Tested out  the new Garmin (210).  Should be just fine.