Summer Days

Interesting NY Times article on Ryan Hall and his faith, Centro, where are you on the global fat scale?, Ryan Hall and his religion, Olympic athletes struggle with careers post Olympics, Lolo, Allyson Felix, Bolt, Yohan Blake, Hall on CNN, world 100 and 200 meter record progressions, good letsrun interview with Hall, and help pick Hall's London shoes!

Friday, July 13th - 0!  Drove to Kansas City post work and got in really late.  Was famished and opted for a 10 p.m. dinner instead of a 10 p.m. run then dinner.

Saturday, July 14th - 6 miles.  Dreadmill since I finally got up at 9:30 a.m. and was far too hot to run around the city.  Focused on the kid playing catch with his dad in the pool, and was pretty tired.  But fortunately for me, a girl got on the treadmill next to me and I had a challenge.  Breezed through the next few miles no problem with increasing speed.  48 minutes and change

Sunday, July 15th - 4 miles.  Slept in too late, then spent most of the day driving home and napping.  Finally got out around 10 p.m. and did a quick loop around town.  Humid outside, and was rough.  34 minutes, I believe.  Happy Birthday to my little baby Franklin!!!  He turned 2 today :)  38 miles for the week, 80 miles in July, 1072 miles for 2012.

Monday, July 16th - 7 miles.  Big River group run with Tim, Pat, Kim, and Dan.  96 degrees when we ran, sunny, and humid - worst possible conditions.  Well, started out quick but fell back since I didn't want to die outside.  Settled into survival mode and tried to make it.  A couple walk breaks later and a long amount of time, we finally made it back.  Awful run - not doing the 7 mile run until it falls below 80 degrees.  Have no idea of time - we ran forever.

Tuesday, July 17th - 6 miles.  Ran with Crystal at 5:30 a.m.  Really humid outside and nasty, and we did Old Faithful out and back.  Massive stomach problems caused an impromptu break, but made it through ok.  52:30 total, I think?

Was supposed to do drills last night, but just crapped out because it was too hot outside.  Tonight - easy mileage and drills/strides planned, then easy running the rest of the week.  Rock n Roll Chicago is on Sunday, which will be a glorified long run with the hot conditions that await me up north.