8:41 Average : 9:13/8:55/7:53/9:36/8:11/9:48/8:10/9:40. It was a much clearer day than yesterday (all that brown air in the upper atmosphere from the fire eminded me of my summers in Riverside CA--terrible air quality in the late 1970's before 'smog and emissions' testing on vehicles). I caught a quick gimpse of the lake, and it was pretty & still. But today I paid my running more attention than anything else. I was fairly alone on the trail and just really let myself go--not caring who would hear my heavy breathing or see my agonized facial expressions. It was a real effort for me! I warmed up and then began running every other 1/16 with a little clip. Then I ran as fast as I could bear for a whole mile (they are long when you really try hard). Then I let myself slow it down, then I ran another fast mile, another slow mile and then got back on the trail where those triangles mark every 1/16th and ran home speeding up just slightly at every other triangle. I have to say something really weird about when I try to run fast. Anytime I push myself between a 7:37 and 8:11 m/m I feel the need to roll my eyes backwards and I feel like I'm about to fall asleep. It's not painful, and I don't feel like I'm passing out, I feel like I'm falling asleep. How weird is that? | 