well, Friday evening, more of a run. i was uninspired to run until about 8 pm, then i cranked out a really pleasant 11 mile run, in about 80 minutes. felt good. challenging, but not brutal. the upcoming half marathon will be more uphill than i ran, but, hopefully, it will be a successful jaunt. the hardest part between now and then will be just getting used to running in the morning. uh, 'diet' and, uh, bathroom management for an early morning run will come into play, so over the next couple weeks i'm going to start some morning runs to get that dialed in, and switch over to an actual race diet. that is, less breakfast burritos, and more oatmeal. but damn do i love breakfast burritos.
saturday, i letharged the batteries, and vegged out. i skipped the insanity of pole pedal paddle and instead, went for a 2 plus hour ride that got a little hillier and speedier at time than i meant to go for. probably closer to 2.5 hours.
sunday: an easy ride with a couple teachers, should have been just over 2 hours, but some mechanical failures (flats and a broken spoke) stretched it out. mowed the lawn, and then went for an unsuprisingly unspectacular 9 mile run. i was slow and sluggish in what passes for oppressive heat here in bend. just 80 something but after weeks of workouts in 50 something degree weather, it felt like a july summer in georgia by comparison. acclimitization will occur, but i'm not up yet to the challenge of heat.
tommorrow will be rest (or maybe a short run with the state track attendees in the middle distance discipline).
peace
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