air quality is really bad right now because of the west coast wildfires. we're supposed to get some storms this afternoon, which should clear things up. but not gonna run through this and risk developing a cough or hurting my lungs or whatever.
props to him, overcoming two straight years of playoff humiliation to earn the hell of his first championship and finals MVP. shades of jordan stat stuffing and showing crazy talent for a few years while getting bullied out of the playoffs by better teams before finally breaking through.
- run 10.42 km in 53:47 T+DI 154, pretty high but not crazy like the last few runs. felt much easier as well, kicked the last few hundred meters at sub-4:00 pace just because.
- stretch
still so damn humid that i'm drenched in sweat immediately after showering, even with the a/c on.
heat advisory out today, although it's the same T+DI as monday and actually feels okay in the shade, especially if there's a breeze. but walking back from the grocery store i got a sudden cramp in a weird spot right the top of my left calf, like maybe in the plantaris? popliteus? made my left shin feel weird right away as well. didn't last, but that plus severe thunderstorm watch the rest of this afternoon means no run.
- run 45:50, 8.59 km T+DI 163 but felt worse than sunday and monday. possibly because i did a much more urban route, toward downtown instead of away and through the parks. also i ran like 20s/km faster, by accident.
i'm finding that if i concentrate on keeping pace and breathing relaxed, i can make it work. high heat and humidity make my heart rate rise much more rapidly and come down more slowly, so keeping it from spiking is the priority.
- run 41:17, 8.01 km T+DI 173, highest ever since i started recording it. just checked and i think the previous high was 170, last summer when i ran 18 km at 5:39 pace and got heat exhaustion. much easier run today despite being 30s/km faster.
- stretch
ETA: the humidity pace adjuster chart i found last year suggests this should have been equivalent to ~4:45 pace in perfect conditions. that seems impossibly quick, my easy runs in the winter were at best 8-10s slower than that. shouldn't put too much stock in such charts, i suppose.
- run 1:15:44, 13.56 km T+DI 167*, about as high as it's ever been during a run since i started keeping tabs on it. but managed to go out easy and keep pace relaxed (5:35 average) and consequently this was not a struggle.
- stretch
*88/31 air temp, dew point 79/26; humidity 83% (!).
EDIT: put mile distance in by mistake. replaced with km.
on a related (guitar) note, bill frisell is my god now. as a kind of late beginner/early intermediate guitarist, the dude's playing bewilders me. it seems way farther away than being able to play really fast, complicated jazz guitar lines. which, to be clear, i also very much can't do yet. but his touch is just...like, how is he doing that?
- run 56:07, 10.00 km hot and humid. also quite a bit of climbing on this route, around 83-84 feet per mile and the first 15 minutes or so is basically straight uphill. stopped at exactly 10k and walked the final few hundred meters home to cool down a bit.
- run 39:39, 8.01 km very even pace except km 6, when i went to pass an old head and he started trying to keep up with me and i couldn't help myself, had to drop him
- stretch
T+DI 145, quite humid but not nearly as hot as it's been.
at least none of us is in the pacific northwest, where almost 500 people have died in an absolutely epic heat wave. portland, oregon and las vegas now have the same all-time high temperature: 117/47.2. it was 36+ here yesterday but then poured rain and it's supposed to be nicer over the weekend.
actually, come to think of it, avishek lived in seattle the last i heard of him. hope he's keeping cool enough.
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