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it's great that you're staying so motivated even after the disappointment of not making one of the bigger clubs. IME dominating on a crappy team is a good way to get noticed by the bigger teams. if you stay healthy and keep showing out at tournaments where truck stop, mad men, whoever the good mixed teams are now, etc. are playing they do notice. "team X sucks but so-and-so gets D's and has a huge backhand," or whatever.

went to karachi for the weekend, just for a mini getaway while gf is down there for work. she'd left her running shoes behind so i brought them down to her and we went to the hotel gym yesterday for a good sweat.

yesterday

- run 7.2 km in 40:00
nice and easy

- some random upper push/pull and BSS

- stretch

back too late tonight to run, there was a huge traffic jam on the highway getting home. back to normal tomorrow.

- run 5.8 km in 32:07

- stretch

left hamstring a bit stiff so took it easy again pace-wise. meant to do 40 mins but it started lightning in the distance and then a family of boars crossed the road in front of me and it was dark. woods on one side of the road, high grass on the other. not tryna get in the middle of a family of wild boars at night when i can't see any of them. so i turned around and called it an evening.

man fuck. that. 

- run 7.84 km in 41:39

- stretch

slightly cooler this evening, only high 80s/low 30s, but 75-80% humidity. right forearm, shins, quads and abs all a little sore but nothing serious. right shoulder unhurt, which is the first time i've been able to say that after ultimate in just about a year.

what do you think is your biggest area for improvement right now? if your VO2 max really is up in that range, then why aren't you running faster?

actually come to think of it the conditions probably don't help. 80s and humid ain't optimal.

top "non-elite" (i.e. normal bib number) finisher was matthew herbert in 31:41, 18th overall. that's damn fast.

- run 4 km in 20:47, strides 20s x 3 w/60s slow jog rest, run ~0.5km
strides in ~2:55/km per garmin. they weren't that fast because it is so hot and humid but still, that's a little slower than the women's 5000m record pace.

- leg lowers x 10,10,10

- stretch

36/97 degrees and sticky.