It’s gotten hotter here in Texas which has made me sleepier, but fortunately not hungrier, so I’m at 150 pounds, a good running weight all things considered. I made reservations at the marathon headquarters hotel in NY for Nov. This managed to motivate me to get out and run and I did 34 miles in five days of running for the week. Four of those 5 days were interval days. Wednesday was surprisingly strong as I ran a 1600 in 5:34 and an 800 in 2:43 at lunch time when it was plenty steamy. Saturday, I ran long. At this point, my long is only 11 miles. Not sure if the Garmin is working. I ran fast as far as I could tell, but my pace was only 7:28. Sunday, I went to the track with the intention of running 1600’s but could only get excited about 400’s. Did six at 76, 76, 76, 74, 73,72. Not bad. My plan is to join the Gazelles on Tuesday. I still haven’t sent Gilbert a check. It’s confusing to me about how much to pay him so I haven’t yet. My back is starting to hurt. Not sure what this means or how I did it. It could be the bags of mulch I drug around Sunday or it could be that I’m just getting old. I made a classic mistake Sunday night going to HEB on an empty stomach – bought Blue Bell and tons of chips.