KP: I enjoyed your Lexington report. You had a solid two races. Those aren't excuses, that's just life! Hope you can get your injury resolved.
Still hanging on to 100% healthy! After limping for 5 years I'm at a place I thought I'd never be again. So I'll keep saying it!
Fought thru the crazy dew points all week. 72-75 all week. It's just oppressively horrible. I'm ready for fall, now! I hit 50.1 miles this week. Steady running around 8:00 pave. I took to the treadmill for Wednesdays 200. Dew point was 77 after work! I did eight of them at 5:30 pace. My goal for today's race. They felt hard.
Surprised myself at this mornings mile running 5:25.07! It was run on a one loop paved walking path, that wasn't flat. There was a decent upgrade around .6 but certainly not a hill. Splits were 78.5, 81.5, 83.8, 82.2. Crazy since I struggled to hit 83s in a workout two weeks ago. And in my defense, I ran by myself since two younger guys were way ahead. And the humidity was nearly 100% with a stiffling Dew point of 74. Maybe I could have been a few ticks faster in a real race situation with better weather! That will probably be my only mile attempt this year. At 62.22 years old, it age grades to 86.84% / 4:16.4
Next race is a local 5k on Aug 27.
Have a good run,
Dave