The Flying Finn

In the modern era of track and field Paavo Nurmi was perhaps the first superstar, over 3 Olympics in the 1920s he won 9 gold and 3 silver medals including gold in the 10,000m and silver in the 5,000m in Antwerp in 1920,gold in the 5,000m and 1,500m in Paris in 1924 and gold in the 10,000m and silver in the 5,000m again in Amsterdam in 1928,no wonder he earned the nickname The Flying Finn.

Had to contend w/ heat and humidity this evening on my 6 miler,loath as I am to make excuses the fact was on Monday it was a comfortable 78 degrees w/ low humidity,this evening it was 86 degrees w/ considerably more humidity,but what do you expect here in Philly in mid to late June? it's likely to get much hotter in July and August.
Hoping to learn my lesson from Monday I took a little bit off my opening splits,3.49,9.25,14.22 on my way to a 22.40 turnaround,a whole minute slower than Monday but 10 seconds off of my debut split of 22.30 when I opened my 6 mile account w/ a 45.12.6. back on June 5th.
I knew off a near 23 minute split that a 4th consecutive sub 43 minute time wasn't on but I wanted to soldier on and do the best I could.

Having been plagued by intestinal issues towards the tail end of my runs on Monday and Tuesday I was delighted to get through this evening w/out issue,the last thing I need right now is another complication w/ my running.
Made the inbound 3 miles in 22.54 for a combined time of 45.34.7. which ranks 5th fastest of the 10 6 miles I've logged since June 5th.
Obviously there's room for improvement but somewhat frustratingly it'll have to wait untill next Thursday as I return to the racing realm next Tuesday at Icahn Stadium over 5,000m.