'This ain't a song for the broken-hearted...'

Wed July 20

I set off a little later than planned on Wed for my now seemingly routine 10-miler at around 6:22 AM. The distance Pod has officially bonked this week, so I am flying blind on these runs like all runners were back in the day. Damn Polar device.

I had planned to run this one around 7:45 pace and can only really guess how the splits looked. HR seemed to be in check, but the humidity was quite high.

I know this route pretty well from past runs and it measures out at least 10 - depending how far I stretch north up 248th street in SW Naperville.

'whoa.... we're halfway there....'

Folks, I admit that I felt a little tired on this run. Monday’s tempo in the heat must have drained me. However, I did finish without incident.

Est Time: 1:17:50
Est Dist: 10 miles
Est Pace: 7:47
Avg HR: 155

'never made as a wise man, couldn't cut it as a poor man stealin'...'

Thurs July 21

Rest day... very well much earned. Looking forward to my recovery 5-miler tomorrow and 17 on Saturday.

Weekend plan

Fri: Recovery 5 miler
Sat: 17 miles with the CARA team (please give me enough sleep!)
Sun: REST

'...it's now or never.... i ain't gonna live forever...'

By the way, I'm firing up for the Bon Jovi-Nickelback show tomorrow at Soldier Field... seats on the floor... rock it... just need to get some sleep for Saturday's 17.

Looking ahead to next week...

Mon 7/24 - Begin run by 5:10 AM - Gen Aer 8 - Need to take the in-laws to Midway for a 8:30 AM flight - then fly to NYC

Tue 7/25 - Teterboro, NJ - Recovery 5 - Have to be at meeting by 8:15AM. Must finish by 7:15. Start run at 6:00AM. Evening dinner event - be careful not to drink too much alcohol!

Wed 7/26 - Norwalk, CT - Catch the 3:00 PM flight from LGA to ORD - Make the Geneva 5k race - Warm up with 1 mile - Add 3 recovery on the end