9/6/11

Mon 9/5 - AM 75 minutes incl. race up Mt. Greylock

Flatter than a pancake, unable to put forth any kind of effort. The bill certainly came due from the hopelessly overextended schedule I've been living since returning from Colorado. Not recovered from last week's trip/race, or the week before for that matter. As such, this effort was absolute last thing I needed to be doing. Realized this within 10 minutes of the gun going off, which left a long time to run alone up the hill. Progressively backed off the pace, reached a point of perfectly calibrated get it over with mode where I was neither jogging nor going hard enough to incur excess fatigue. Surprised that no one caught me, and shocked that I broke an hour as I was truly going through the motions. Calves not an issue that I could tell, subsequent days will determine if this was in fact the case. Conditions didn't help any, if possible it was more humid after last night's t-storms than before. Difficult to overstate how crappy it was. Less detrimental at the higher elevations where it was cooler but still miserable. Spent very little time at the socked-in summit, enough to get changed and eat some food, then hiked down via AT and Bernard Farm trails, getting pelted by intermittent rain showers. The hike down took longer than anticipated and meant lunch was delayed. Completely exhausted after the day's folly.

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