Training Log Archive: hmklaff

Saturday run from Chris's. To park, through Green, around Lieberman. Nasty hot. This early-summer runs are brutal.

Braes/Hermann short. The effort seemed greater than the sluggish time would suggest. The fact that this morning was the first with true summer jungle heat may have had something to do with it. That said, the 4-mile run is one of Chris's truly fine ideas - over before the suffering can get too great. May comes in with a fairly paltry 107 miles, but 20 runs for the month is more consistency than I expected.

Hermann loop. Focused on pushing the pace a little, which wasn't easy given that I basically have one gear right now. If I was a bike, I'd be a fixie.

Hermann + Braes. Took a mile or so before the legs wanted to start turning over, but otherwise a decent run. The first without a shirt - behold my pasty whiteness motherf-ckers!

Hermann loop. Out considerably earlier this morning (8:00), which made a big difference in the temperatures. Still, I was somewhat cooked after the last couple of days and really didn't have much in the tank. Zero day tomorrow.

Hermann-Rice short (11:00 a.m.). Another heat-acclimating run. Very conservatively paced with a focus on sustainability (i.e., not bonking). This is clearly the worst time of the year - summer-ish heat, but no summer legs yet.