SUB-NINE (3X)

13AUG12       Monday Minimum Becomes a Fast One

WHEN                                    2:00 afternoon

TEMP                                     74 F (24 C)

CONDITIONS                       Partly Cloudy

AIR CONDITION                 Fresh, Clean

RUN                                       3.0 mi (4.8 K)

TIME                                      26:33 (oh, yeah!)

RATE                                      8:50 m/mi

WEIGHT                                194 lbs (88 Kg)

INJURY THREATS

Losing toenails (ignore)

Stiffness in knee seems to be gone

MILEAGE YTD                    204 mi (326 K)

COMMENTS

I slipped a run in between scattered rain showers, and decided to go with the Monday minimum.  I ran in the rain a couple of days ago, but I didn’t like it.  Anyway, the beginning of this run was very good; it’s the first time I felt good from the very start.  Usually, I have to warm up with one or two slow and stiff laps, but not today.  Since I was off to a very good start, I decided to make the minimum, but fast.  Another milestone, as this is the first time I have been under a nine minute average, and here it was for three.  Feeling very good. 

It was nice to see the father and son working out on the track.  The kid might have been early high school, or even Jr. High.  His dad was coaching him while did a series of fifty yard dashes.  I knew they meant business because they had a running parachute.  It spread out to about a ten foot diameter behind the kid, and the harder he ran, the more it spread out.  Nice, but not for distance people like me!