Oh. Dang, K.S. I forgot you are down in C.C. I visited Houston once and was foolish enough to leave my shirt unbuttoned one day outside at work. I had a strip of second degree burns 3" wide. Fleet Feet, huh? I think I've heard of them. Do you run at night? It must be nice.

                                                                                Paul

Paul, I didn't understand your post:

So it is basically 9-9-9-6-6-12-13 saturday to friday. I'd have to cancel my track work days and recovery run days. Also, I do not want to do two long runs per week right now, anyway, especially on consecutive days.

Paul

Fred would not have given you back-to-back long runs like that.  Go back and see his post.

Fred, when I ran in NY during those hot summer months I experimented with a white mesh "baseball cap" type of hat in which I had sewn in a pocket to contain ice.  After much trial and error I concluded running with no hat was better than running with a hat that has ice in it.  I'm with you.

3+ recovery miles with a friend who just got back from S. Africa.  She did the 56K Two Oceans in 5:22, a pretty good time over that hilly terrain.  Spareribs

Paul, hope you are enjoying the new bike.  As for heart rate, long hard climbs always get my rate up.  Stopping isn't an option in the middle of a climb.   

5 good miles this morning with aborted plans to ride tonight.  I feel exhausted and think I'd have been a road danger had I gone out as planned.  Thinking about  a September half marathon as the Army Ten-Miler is already closed.

Ks, I wish you the best in Boston!  Do we know your number? 

A three mile slow warm up and then wave run for two miles for 5 today on the track. It was 10 to 10:10 minute miles on the warmup, and 8:55 and 9:00 on the uptick of three 400 meters, and a cool down. My achilles was feeling tender on the run on Wednesday so I didn't want to push it any harder than that. I didn't feel the tendon today.

Paul, the other day when I said I was tired, what I meant was that my legs were fatigued. I had a sense I'd feel that way before I started running. It was, I think, from the two long previous Sunday runs following the shorter mileage week when I had the flu. My heart and mind were all for it (on Wednesday's run); it was my legs that objected. Still, it turned into a progression run so I felt good about that.

You have definitely escaped your wife's cold or flu, KS. Keeping my finger's crossed. Positive thoughts.

Good luck, K.S.!  Have a great time.

Departure? I thought you were already in Bostown, K.S.

                                                                                Paul