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526
- run 27:05, 5.69 (nice) km
in new orleans for brother's wedding this week. it's warm down here but not hot, pretty beautiful actually. this was a little too quick (4:46 pace) and a little too short. strictly "something is better than nothing."

527
since 2011?! :lololol:

good to hear from you.

528
yesterday

- run 32:13, 6.49 km
a little quick, <5min/km pace, but i wasn't working hard so that's ok.

today

- run 1:00:57, 10.01 km
badly hung over for some reason, puked in the wee hours of the morning and then again a few hours later. i've stopped drinking during the week but had what should still be a normal amount of wine last night (~1/2 bottle) with dinner. maybe it was food poisoning, but partner felt great today and we ate the same thing, so if that then it was just one unlucky bite or something. anyway, managed to get out the door in the afternoon for a nice easy 10k.

total mileage this week was 39.7 km, which i am happy with for now. more importantly, got five runs in.

529
- run 30:06, 4.90 km
it's hot and gf had not eaten enough today so this was very slow and we had to stop early.

530
- run 53:46, 9.05 km
these easy runs, just trying to build the habit of being out the door.

531
- run 54:22, 9.25 km
stunningly beautiful spring day.

532
- run 54:32, 10.01 km
T+DI is back, baby. 143. slowed way down as a result.

533
- run 38:34, 7.52 km
legs felt a little heavy. first time breaking an actual sweat this year, i think. it was about 70 when i left the house. gonna be a long summer, lol.

534
yesterday

- run 30:44, 5.1 km
just getting out on the street

535
yesterday

- run 36:23, 7.34 km
a little on the quick side actually, under 5:00/km.

536
sunday

- run 29:10, 4.74 km
w/gf, who is now doing keto and so slower than before.

537
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: THE DREAM JOURNAL
« on: March 26, 2023, 08:33:46 am »
i was in a sports bar, alone, and struck up a conversation with a young guy at the table next to mine. he started talking about how it was okay to do chemical experiments on kenyans, and to my horror it dawned on me that this was a fascist sports bar. i kept my cool and tried to talk with the guy about why he had such awful beliefs, while planning my exit. next thing i knew i was walking down the street when a convoy of fascist bikers came past. one of the motorcycles was a huge tandem thing, one guy in front and the other in back. there was more after that but i don't remember it.

538
- run 32:02, 6.33 km
quads weirdly sore, otherwise felt okay after a week of couch potatoing.

539
- half marathon race in 1:34:20 (watch), 1:35:28 (chip)
watch buzzed about 200m before the finish line, i figure just because of weaving and stuff during the race. i'm okay with the time: it was my first time racing anywhere close to this distance so i didn't really know what to expect, and also my training hasn't been all that consistent. it was more fun than i expected it to be. 5k suuuuucks to run, the back half and especially the final mile just hurt. apart from one wicked hill, this was never uncomfortable. i guess running for this long necessarily means running in the aerobic zone and so i got tired but that was all. it was fun to pick people out to try to keep pace with or pass as the race went on.

official results aren't posted yet but unofficially i placed 476th out of 10,655. top-500 was a secondary goal so that's good.

official finish is 528th, damn it. 72nd out of 936 in my age bracket (male 35-39).

fiancee finished just ahead of me relative to her age bracket (female 35-39). so that's another new goal, beat her against our cohorts!

we both signed up for another half in september. let's see if i can train more consistently over the summer. i think if i can really get up to 30 miles a week and be solid with my tempo runs i could push down close to 1:30. it's on a flatter course, although likely will be pretty hot. certainly warmer than last weekend.

540
wednesday

- run ~6.5 km
watch was drained so no time.

half marathon tomorrow morning!

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