Sun, Aug 4-Sat, Aug 10

Sun Aug 4: AM. A 90 min run with MSRC around Lake Monona. It was partly sunny and 77°.

Mon Aug 5: AM. A 45 min run on the Capital City Trail and around Monona Bay.  It was cloudy and 74°. Humid as usual. Dew point of 71°. 

Tues Aug 6: AM. On the track for a sub 5 min mile attempt. I ended up running it in 5:00.  Ran even 75 second quarters, but didn’t have enough for much of a kick at the end. Ryan, who didn’t think he could run a sub 5 min mile, started 9 meters ahead of me and ran a 4:55 1600m, Alex paced us thru 1000m then dropped out, and an injured Scott watched from the infield—I couldn’t tell if those were tears streaming down his face or just the rain? Cooler out this morning- temp around 60° with a light drizzle.  PM. In Deerfield, A 45 min run on the Glacial-Drumlin Trail. The sun was setting over mostly clear skies, temp of 68°.

Wed Aug 7: AM. A 60 min run on the Mendota Lakeshore Path to Picnic Pt. It was sunny and 56°.  PM. A 45 min run around Lake Wingra. It was partly cloudy and around 70°.

Thurs Aug 8: AM. A 60 min run on the Capital City Trail and on trails in Olin Park. It was partly sunny and 57°.  PM. In Sunny P, A 30 min run on trails in Sheehan Park. It was sunny and around 70°.

Fri Aug 9: AM. On the track, did 2x5,000m: 18:36 (6:04, 6:03, 5:41, 0:47), 18:19 (5:58, 6:01, 5:38, 0:41). Original plan was to just do a 10,000m, but I felt beat after 5k. So, I jogged a couple recovery laps after the first 5k, then gave it another go. Felt a little better on the 2nd 5,000m. It was sunny and in the upper 50s.

Sat Aug 10: AM. At Dawson’s Cabin (somewhere between Phillips and Manitowish Waters), A 2 hour 30 min run on country roads and trails around the Pike Lake Chain.  It was cloudy and in the upper 40s-low 50s.