Sun Aug 25: AM. Ran 45 mins on the Monona Lake loop route to Frost Woods Beach, kayaked around in Lake Monona for about an hour and a half, then ran the rest of the way around Lake Monona in 40 mins. It was mostly cloudy early, then it cleared up some while I was on the water. Humid out. Temp in the 70s.
Mon Aug 26: AM. A 45 min run on residential streets and on the Capital City Trail. It was mostly sunny and 76°.
Tues Aug 27: AM. A 60 min run on the Capital City Trail and SW Path. Hot out— temp of 80° with a dew point of 76°. PM. A 30 min run on the Lake Wingra route. It was mostly sunny and 86° (dew point of 75°).
Wed Aug 28: AM. Ran ~6 miles with the pastry club over residential and city streets. It was sunny and 72°. PM. On the track, did 6x400m (77, 78, 76, 74, 74, 73), then ran around Lake Wingra in 45 mins. It was partly sunny and around 80°.
Thurs Aug 29: AM. A 60 min run on the Mendota Lakeshore Path to Picnic Pt. It was cloudy and 66°. PM. A 30 min run on the Lake Wingra route. It was mostly sunny and 82°.
Fri Aug 30: AM. A 45 min run on the Capital City Trail and around Monona Bay. It was cloudy and 70°.
Sat Aug 31: AM. In Prairie Du Sac for the Cow Shit Classic 10k. The run started off the same way it did last year—with a bunch of ten-year-olds going out like it was a 100m dash. By the half mile I had passed all the kids and was in the lead. I thought I might get an easy victory, but around 1 ½ miles into it, I heard footsteps coming up from behind me. The entire second mile is a fairly steep incline. The runner continued to stalk me up the hill, then pulled even with me at the top. It turned out to be Jeremy, the same guy who beat me in last year’s shitty race. We ran together for about a quarter mile, then Jeremy seemed to pick it up a notch and I was unable to respond. He went on to win it in 34:20, while I finished a distant number two in 35:04. The weather was pretty good—sunny, not much wind, and in the mid 60s.
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