Gym

 In the gym last night for some resistance and intervals on the rower.  Roya joined me.

Stretches

4 x 500m w/ 1 min rest - 2:08, 2:04, 2:02, 2:02

Hip flexors, abs, adductors, chest machines

Pretty good session, not full effort but peaked my HR at 170.  Nice having Roya here. 

Injury still there but steady improvement.  Will try to run a little by this weekend.  Maybe start with some hills.

I was incredibly disciplined with my diet in the month pre Nationals.  Wonder if I got too light?  I had bought 5 lbs of my favorite chocolate in early March and just opened it for the first time this week.  Ate at the campus buffet last night so a lb heavier this morning at 141.5.  

Wildflower hike, injury update

Wildflower season in the South Cumberland is finally here.   Did a relaxed 3 mile hike on the bluff today. 

The butt is still sore but it didn't bother me to hike, even climbs.  I think this injury will be fine to begin some limited running in a week or so.  

I haven't ruled out Penn yet.  As a compromise, I could run the 100m, then if I survive, do the 4x400m.  I would never go to Penn if I thought there was any doubt I could get the stick around.  I would never want to screw my team, so I'll go only if I'm 100% confident and healed.   

The injury really screwed with my head at Nationals, as much if not more than it compromised me physically.  I'm not going to let that happen again.  Still feel really empty, that should have been my 10th title, but still happy with my rankings and season overall.  I did the work. 
  

collapse, defeat, injury at Nationals

Even with the injury, I should have easily won this race.  Nationals were a bust.  I felt a lot of anxiety before the race, worried about the injury since I had not tested it in a long sprint in a week.  Disconcerting was a sharp pain I felt while shaking out my legs just before the race.  Ultimately, it wasn't the injury that really lost this race, it was my anxiety, and going out too fast and rigging way before the end.  The lack of confidence and lack of a last week of solid training that the injury caused, put me in this situation.   But, I think I had this race in me and squandered the opportunity.   

My first 200m was way too fast considering my condition, about 27.3 ish.  I completely locked up in the end and stumbled before the line as everyone passed.  It was one of the worst chokes in my life of championship races.  Yes, the injury caused some pain and slowed me down, but if I had run a smarter more conservative race, I may not have aggravated the injury and certainly could've managed a 60, and won the title.  The winning time was a shockingly slow 61.34.   Every single race of six I've run this year was faster, even the race on Sewanee's tiny track (60.54).  Definitely the agony of defeat.  Totally humiliating.   Watched the race video once on my phone and can't bear to watch it again.   Ridiculous ... I ran 59.84 in training shoes Jan 2.  57.91 in spike less than 2 weeks ago.

But on the positive side, it was a good season in general.  Season best 58.84.  Four indoor times under 60.

- #1 US ranked M60 400m  

- #5 World Ranked M60 400m  

Given the choice, I'd rather have this top ranking instead of a title with a slow time.  I have the 4 fastest indoor times in the M60 400m in the US.  No one else has run under 60.  

Not 100% sure but thinking of shutting it down for the season.  I'd hate to screw up my team with an injury at Penn, so I'll decide in a week or two.  I probably won't try to run for a week.  

One thing is for certain, I definitely put too much pressure on myself and it has affected my race performance.  I have to shift to training with more of an emphasis on strength and less on running as I heal up this injury and get ready for the next age group.   

Looking forward to doing other things and not being so focused on track, however, I will continue to train, and be an athlete.  It's going to be a long long off season.  Probably my longest time off since my 2019 surgery and the 2020 pandemic.  Then I went from 2018 outdoor Nationals to July 2020 without a race, about 2 yrs.  It may be a year or more before I race again.  We'll see how it feels in a few weeks.  

Certainly an anti-climactic way to end the season.  Thanks to all who have followed my journey on this blog.  And that's really what it's about, the journey.   Sprint Forever.

pre race day shake out

What a nice facility, track looks great.  I did a warmup and some strides and few starts from blocks.   It feels pretty good, just a little hesitant and cautious to let out my stride but I'm good to go.  It's all mental from this point.  I put the Hoka Rocket 2 trainers on and a couple strides, got up to about 400m race pace. Didn't feel real smooth due to me being a bit reserved, but tomorrow, no limits.  I'm going for it.  

I saw Rob who qualified #2 in the 60m, and he has the same exact issue as I do, same leg.  I gave him a capsaicin patch.  I wore one tonight on the upper ham.   Feels fine tonight.  Could barely feel it at all.  I guess it's really a fairly common thing with us 60+ sprinters.   I know at least 3 other guys who've had the same issue.   Vadim called me and has scratched due to illness.   Two other M60 guys who claim sub 60 400m seeds have not yet declared.  One didn't show for the 60m.     

On my way

 After Monday's hard conditioning workout on the stairmaster and rower, I opted for complete rest until tomorrow's 400m championship race.  Competition is uncertain, but I think one of my top competitors, Vadim, will scratch due to a WR 4x8 relay record attempt.  I was asked to be an alternate but I declined.  My injury is really more of a mental burden of confidence than anything else.  It's really more like a tendinitis thing rather than anything that's torn or should affect my speed.  I still think it's my race to lose, which could easily happen if I underperform and someone surprisingly over performs.   There are a few unknown quantities in the race and so it's hard to size up the competition.  People who've raced very little in recent yrs... me, kind of the opposite, having logged 5 sub 60 races already this yr.  To put it in perspective, not one person in this field has logged a sub 60 400m race since the 2020 pandemic, but 2 have 'claimed' to have done so without evidence, (and I think their seeds should be erased!)  There are 3 or 4 who definitely have the potential.  So, I still like my chances.

Feeling good, only very slight indications of any soreness, which go away completely after soaking in a bath.  I feel extremely fit and light, although weird to not have run for so long.  I'm about 138.5 lbs.

I'm going over to the venue tonight to pick up my packet and do a light shake out.  My 400m is late in the day, which is good.  4:02 PM.   

I will likely scratch the 200m but will decide tomorrow night.  I'd like to not end my season this weekend with an injury and still have in my mind, the possibility of a 4x4 WR attempt if things go extremely well.  If not, I'd like to help my club 4x4.

conditioning workout, stairmaster, rower

 At the Fowler Center tonight.  Did a standard warmup, drills, and then some light resistance concentrating on groin - adductors, abductors.  Then two conditioning sets, first on the stairmaster, then on the rower.

Hoka trainers on

stretches, drills

resistance  - adductors, abductors

stairmaster - 12 min hill program, level 17

concept 2 rower - 4 x 500m w/ 1 min rest - 2:02, 2:05, 2:03, 2:03

Both sessions pushed the heart rate to mid 170s, so it was a good workout.  Here are the HR graphs including the recovery afterward:

Stairmaster

Rower:

I ended both with a pretty hard sprint.  Peak HR was on the rower at 177.  

The injury is still noticeable, but not much.  I doubt that it will be sore tomorrow.  I'll probably do a shakeout / warmup tomorrow night, same on Wed late morning with maybe a little light running.   Thurs is a travel day, Friday, race.  

Ate light today.  1 c. oatbran at noon,  and about 1/3 lb chicken breast with some broccoli and half a beet for dinner.   Weight is decent, not super light but good.  141.5 lbs after dinner which will be my daily max.  Will likely wake up at or under 139 lbs.  

My sleep has been pretty good.  7 day average was about 7 hrs and "deep sleep + REM" made up 46% of my sleep time.  

Above readings from the Coros Pace 3 watch.  

 

definite setback, but the work is done

This morning, the injury, and yes  ... I'm now calling it an injury - the L proximal ham felt worse than it had in 2 yrs.  Really bad timing.  I sort of panicked this morning feeling like I'd never recover by Friday, but this evening, I'm a bit more optimistic.  Having been on the track consecutive days, including 8 of 10 days during one stretch, 5 days is a really long time before the race.  Taking 2 days off felt like a week.  So, the plan is no running at all until race day, just cross training.  I should be recovered to race by Friday.  I can't control so much the healing process as I can other things, my cross training, my diet and weight, so that's what I'm concentrating on.  Alan said I could take a month off and probably still win, but that's never the entire point.  I wanted to run 58.5 or better.  Maybe a WL.  But now, my goals are a bit more modest.  Just to win without injury.   

Drove to the Fowler Center tonight and the a-holes closed it early without any announcement.  It's a 25 min round trip to get there and I let the director know I wasn't happy.  So tonight, I did a set of hip flexors/abs with ankle weights and some upper body.  Tomorrow, to the gym in earnest with a conditioning set of rowing, stairmaster.  The rest of the week, just light stuff.  

Have achieved race weight.  In the 138.5 lb range.  

The hay is in the barn.

forced taper - 300, 100, hills, rower. New HR monitor

Even after 2 days off from running, I'm still feeling a tad of nerve pain in the area of my '22 proximal ham injury.  This is in no way as bad as it was then, and it's just 'a feeling' more than anything being strained or torn, but it's a cause for concern and a damn unfortunate time, 6 days away from the National Masters Indoor Championship 400m race.   This is not at all a deal breaker and I will be well enough to race that 400m.   But, the 200m is in limbo.  I'm not 100%.   

I was going to just run hills today but I got to the track and warmed up, felt ok, ran a just 14.3 100m and thought, well maybe I can do a  4x300 tempo as planned since I'll not be running faster than 16 sec 100s.  I ran the first at 47.4 without much effort and pulled up after 120m into my second one out of caution.  

I then went to the hill and ran a 100m and 200m.   Short stride, cautious.  It was fine.   So, I decided the best and safest course is to cross train on the stair master and rower mostly until nationals.   I can get some killer endurance workouts on both machines, safely.  Kind of a shame though, this is the time I wanted to be doing speed, maybe a time trial or race.   

Hoka trainers on

stretches, drills, bands, 100m

Hoka Rocket X2 on

100m - 14.32

300m - 47.41 / 3min rest / 100m ~ 15

100m hill run 

200m hill run - 46

Concept 2 rower - 500m - 1:58 / rest 1 min / 500m - 2:02

It was a decent workout, despite the lack of specificity.  I really think I can benefit from some hard cross training and maintain the gains I've worked hard for to get where I am.  I feel really light and fast now.  

138.8 lbs after workout.

Moving forward, daily cross training on the stairmaster and rower.  One more light running hill session on Tues and thats all.  Honestly, taking 2 days off from running feels like a week at this point.  

Heart Rate Monitor

I got this Coros arm strap heart monitor because I found some readings on my watch monitor a bit suspect.  Specifically, I recorded a max HR of 185 during my last tempo set.  Didn't seem possible.   Well, that seems certainly feasible now that I've measured my HR at 176 after my second sprint on the rower today.  I also measured a low of 47 overnight in deep sleep.   Quite a range.  Max HR of 185 would be considered a normal maximum HR for a trained athlete age 35.   

4x150 tempo

A brief conditioning maintenance workout on turf, 8:30 am, beautiful weather, already 60º in bright sun.

Hoka trainers on

stretches, drills, 100

100m - 14.25

Hoka rocket X2s on

4 x 150m w/ 30 sec rest on turf - 22.77, 24.17, 23.83, 25.01 (avg 23.94)

Brief but hard.  Concerned that the L proximal ham is a sore, probably over training.  I'm going to take Thurs and Friday off from running.   I'm hoping to be well enough to do 2 more hard conditioning workouts on Sat and Monday, then maybe a light workout Wed and that's it before Nationals.  This is not an injury, more of an ache and pain.  But may indicate a vulnerability, so I need to be careful.  Thinking about replacing one of my conditioning workouts with a hill workout.  Safer.  

Anyway, feel like I'm in rockin shape despite the issues.  138.0 lbs.  I really think I could win the 400m with my B game at this point but I'm more concerned with running 2 rounds of the 200m and a relay.   

Good morning from the track. 

Bike climb, resistance

Gorgeous day, 67º, sunny.  Had to keep myself from running today, needed the recovery but I did a hard bike climb up the mountain in 20 min flat, and I did it after my resistance workout.  Just 1:15 slower than my PR.  My watch said my HR peaked at 172.  I bought a more accurate arm strap sensor to go with my watch, so I'll get more accurate max HR readings after Thurs.  

Tomorrow, not much time so I'm planning an early morning tempo set on turf, 150s, then Thursday completely off.  

    Bike climb - Roark's cove rd. (900' in 2.5 miles) - 20:00

    Resistance circuit, hip flexors, glutes, ab wheel, pushups, and pullups.

Did a PR set of 24 consecutive pullups today.

138.9 lbs after workout.

May do some race pace Friday but thunderstorms expected.  Then, the rest of the week looks fine except for a cold snap on Monday-Tues with wind, temps only in the mid 40ºs.   I'm planning my last hard conditioning workouts on Sat and Monday, then taper to some race pace, maybe a time trial Wed morning.   Too bad it has to be cold for these last few workouts next week.  Not much time left.  Leave a week from Thurs for Chicago, 400m Championship, a week from Friday.  

4x200 tempo

Cool, 59º, mostly sunny and light winds at the Sewanee track.  #2 of 4 of my last conditioning workouts before Nationals, and I continue to one-up myself from last year's regime.  

Hoka trainers on

stretches, drills, bands, 2x100

Hoka Rocket X2s on

4 x 200m w/ 1 min rest - 30.00, 30.41, 31.67, 31.53 (avg 30.90)

200m - 28.80

This was .30 sec faster on average than the 4x200 w/1min set I did a yr ago (31.20)

The last 200m was supposed to be a 300m but I cut it short because I felt some soreness in my L proximal ham.  It's fine, just a bit over worked.   Have run 8 of the last 10 days.  I really probably shouldn't run tomorrow and maybe do something light early Wed.  

Must decide about the meet on Sat.  Might be better and safer to do my last 2 conditioning workouts Sat and Monday, instead of Sunday and Mon.  Then run race pace or event run this Friday.  SO... I'm leaning against racing on Sat.  

Been eating well.  Just one of those high fiber 70 calorie Royo bagels in the morning and cappuccino.  Then one main meal, tonight chicken with roasted brussels sprouts and beets.  No snacking.  

138.5 lbs after workout.  

Tried to record my heart rate with the sport watch.  It said I reached a max of 185 in my tempo set.  Can't be right.  Maybe I'll order the arm cuff accessory to dial in exact readings.  

I found a rare pair of Adidas Prime Sp2s in my size at Dick's online, so snagged em.  

'split 700', 200m

Today began the hard stuff.   Upper 50ºs, sunny, and very windy at the Marist track today.  I have 12 days before the Masters Indoor Championship and this was the first of 4 tough conditioning workouts I intend to complete before.  This was the first 'split 700' I've been able to complete in a year.  It went ok, despite the high winds.

Hoka trainers on

stretches, drills, 100m, bands

2 x 100m strides ~ 15.5

Hoka rocket Xs on

'split 700' - 500m - 81.08 (63.08, 18.00)/ 90 sec rest / 200m - 32.43  (1:53.51 total)

200m - 27.93

This is one hard motha.  Not only lactic burn but lung burn as well.  I was on the ground for quite a while afterward.  My 400m was a bit faster than intended and my last 100m of the 500m was into a stiff wind.  Compared to the 2 split 700s I did last yr, this final 200m was the fastest, and also total time was the fastest.  So, I'm on target.  Finished with a relaxed 200m.  Was going to do more but planning another hard one tomorrow so kept the volume nominal.

Certainly a bit late in the season to try anything new, but I ordered a hip thrust device for working the glutes, and a Coros sports watch to track heart rate.   

137.9 lbs after workout.   

bike climbs, 6x100 hill sprints

Same workout as Tues, except I chose a different and longer hill.   One hill was about 325m, the other about 400m.   I did each 5x, 10 hills, sprinting on the bike with my butt off the seat.  

After a rest, did 6x100m hill sprints on the street.

Hoka Rincons on

Bike climbs - 5x400m and 325m

Stretches

6 x 100m hill sprints - 14.44 - 15.78

The first hill, I ran as a warmup in 19 sec, then sprinted the next 5.

Rain tomorrow and definitely no running.  I've run 6 of the last 7 days.

139.3 lbs after workout.  

Pre Nationals training plan:

After no running tomorrow, the next 12 days I'm going to try and replicate the training I did last year before I peaked with those 2 consecutive time trial days last year where I ran 57.7, 56.8.  I did notice that during that time I did two of the dreaded 'split 700s' and two hard tempo sets: 4x3 and 4x2.  That would be a tall order to cram into the next 10 days, but I may give it a shot.  I also ran an 800m on a recovery day and had 2 relatively light days and some weight pulls.  Have a 'plan A' if I race at Emory Sat, and a 'plan B' if I don't.  Built into the schedule are some consecutive workout days but also 2 consecutive off days next week, Wed-Thurs, and a couple low volume days, and a day off for travel.  It's a ball buster of a regime, we'll see how it goes.   So it starts on Sunday with a 'split 700.'

Although I didn't register for the meet, they gave me lane tomorrow at Clark's meet!   LOL...  I'm NOT going to race.  If I didn't workout so hard today, I'd be tempted and if the weather were better.  I have to decide if I'm racing at Emory on 3/16 by Wed. morning.  Depends much on the weather.  

Also, I was mistaken in a previous comment.  Roland G. is still in the M55 age group so the M60 WL is still 58.40, but that will likely change after European Championships.  It's a bigger meet than US Nationals.  I think mid 58 and maybe a WL is in my wheel house with my A game.  

The 4x400m M60 WR attempt isn't completely off but at this time, dubious.  Jerry asked me to join him and Oscar for an attempt but with those guys, very doubtful.  After pressing me on it, I just told him that 1) we'll see if it's possible based on times run in the 400m final; and 2) if we want to take a shot at it, we'll choose the 4 fastest guys and go with it.  Vadim is in for a 4x800 WR attempt and if he does it, he may not even race the 400m, and he is one of the only guys I think can break 60.   Without him, the 4x4 WR attempt isn't happening.   Otherwise, I'll just run with my team.  Frankly, club relays and medals are fairly meaningless to me at Nationals compared to a possible WR, but Penn is a different story.  Want my team to win at Penn.    

400m time trial, 2x200m tempo, 2x100m

Perfect day for weather at the Marist track.  70º, light winds, partly cloudy.  I brought the spikes today.  

Not too bad of a 400m, but a bit slower than 2 that I ran before Poland.   57.91

My splits: 13.34, 14.07, 14.40, 16.10 / 27.41, 30.50 / 41.81, 16.10

I tried to be conservative, maybe not conservative enough?  Hard to say.  My best time trial last yr. I went out very fast, and finished even slower, but broke 57.   

I'll do a comparison below.  I'm light now but I was ultra light then.  like 137.  

Hoka trainers on

Stretches, drills, bands, 100m

Hoka Rocket X2s on 

100m - 13.25

Adidas Prime SP2 spikes on

400m - 57.91 (13.34, 14.07, 14.40, 16.10 / 27.41, 30.50 / 41.81, 16.10)

Hoka Rocket X2s on 

2 x 200m w/ 1 min rest - 29.42, 29.82

100m - 13.26

Felt ok, I think the 300m split was decent.  Almost the same as Nationals outdoor last yr.  Interesting to compare these splits:

Nationals last yr: 57.59 vs today 57.91 vs time trials last year in March:  

57.59   ~  14.1, 14, 13.7, 15.8 / 28.1, 29.5 / 41.8, 15.8  

57.91   -  13.34, 14.07, 14.40, 16.10 / 27.41, 30.50 / 41.81, 16.10

56.81   -  12.78, 13.35, 14.37, 16.31 / 26.13, 30.68 / 40.50, 16.31

57.72   -  13.66, 14.15, 14.15, 15.76 / 27.81, 29.91 / 41.96, 15.76

Quite a variety of approaches.  The fastest was front loaded - 4.55 differential between 200s.  Second fastest - 1.4 sec differential.  The two slowest first 200s (28.1, 27.81) yielded the fastest second 200s (29.5, 29.91).  The gamble of a very fast first 200m (26.13) yielded the fastest time despite the slowest second 200m (30.68).   Running a 40.5 300m split is probably risky.  The task is to get to 300m as fast as possible with the least effort.  

Finished with a brief conditioning set and an uptempo 100m stride.

Light but could be lighter,  138.6 lbs after workout.  

300, 200, 100

Didn't want to do much today because I'll be going back out tomorrow.  Rained until early afternoon, so track was wet, cool, falling into the upper 50ºs by sunset.  

Hoka trainers on

stretches, drills, 2x100m

100m - 13.71

300m - 42.36

200m - 27.09

The 300m was intended to be close to 400m race pace and it was, adjusting for trainers on a wet track.  I didn't rest fully before the 200m and it was real tiring.  

Ate light today and was 139.5 lbs before the workout. 

Weather is good for tomorrow.   70º and light winds.  May run a 400m TT.   Friday, rain in the late afternoon through Sat.  So, I will probably bike and maybe hill sprints on Friday before the rain.  Sun will be much cooler and windy, mid 50ºs so maybe a tempo workout then.   The coming week in Sewanee looks great.  Sunny, 60-66º M-W.  

Meet on 3/16 is questionable due to rain, and the fact Roya may be gone for the weekend.  Not sure I want to drive 2.5 hrs for a meet 6 days before Nationals.  

Wow, my Indoor Nationals 400m race is just 2 weeks from Friday.  

indoor circuit

Doing this indoor circuit, need a break from running.  But, it's supposed to be nice Wed and Thurs, so I'll be back to the track tomorrow.  Maybe a time trial Thurs.  

Got accepted to race Sat but not going to.   Supposed to be wet and windy.

My indoor circuit I did 3x:

20 x Ab wheel

50x bicycle crunches with 2x10lb ankle weights

30 x pushups

3x15 hip flexors with bands

Was a little heavier today, at 141, so need to watch it.   

bike climbs, hill sprints

Dry and upper 60ºs in ATL today.  Took advantage of the very hilly neighborhood here and did a series of hill sprints on both the bike and on foot.   

First set was bike.  5 x 1.7 mile circuit with 3 hill climbs, longest one only a quarter mile.  Stayed off the seat the whole way with good effort.  8.5 total.

Second were 6 x 100m sprints, also good effort.  Did these between 14.3 and 15.5.\

Stretches

8.5 miles on the bike, 5 circuits each w/ 3 sprint climbs

6 x 100m hill sprints - 14.3 - 15.5

Weight still hanging about 139-140.

I'm dubious about racing on Sat. because I haven't heard from the meet director from the DA website.  Weather does not look good.  Rain in the morning, 90% til 9am, decreasing to 60% by noon.   Might not  race til Nationals.

But, last year, I did race the weekend before Nationals.   My last meet before Nationals in '23, I ran a poor 59.35, just 6 days before the semi-final race, where I ran 59.1   Next day I ran a season's best 57.59.  So, if I'm hell bent on getting a race in the weekend before, I could race at Emory for another college meet on Sat the 16th.   Nationals race is 6 days later on Friday.  We'll see how the weather looks.  

Tomorrow looks like rain most of the day.  So, will do core work, upper body, hip flexors.  Wed and Thurs look good so I'll go to Marist just before sunset.  Might do a time trial on one of those days, need work on my pace.  

4x300m tempo pr, 200m

Training today at the Marist track, conditions were good, but a little warmer than I was use to.  72º, humid, mostly cloudy, calm winds.   Nice to train on Mondo. 

I wasn't sure if doing a hard tempo set day after a race was advisable, but since I took Thurs and Fri off, I reasoned it would be ok.  So, as penance for my poor race yesterday, I did the 4x300m w/ 3min rest.  And... it was the fastest set I've done since the '21 season when I was doing 4x3w/2.5 min.   

Hoka trainers on

stretches, drills, 100m, bands, 2 x 50m

Hoka Rocket X2 on

4 x 300m w/ 3 min rest -  48.01, 47.96, 49.69, 50.69  (49.08 avg)

200m -  27.59

My best set of 4x3w/3 from last year was in July before Nationals at 49.30.  My best before Poland Worlds was 49.79.   In '21, I did 4x300m w/ 2:30 rest in 48.57, and 48.1.   

The last 200m was actually race pace but meant as a strider.

139.4 lbs after workout.

Berry College meet report

Saturday, ran my first outdoor meet at Berry College, my 63rd college meet after age 50.  It was a bust, I went out with the kids and rigged in the end losing a lot of time, 59.75.  My pace awareness isn't there.  With the slow guy in front of me scratching in lane 7, I was running alone in 6 until guys on my inside started to pass down the back stretch and I tried to stay with them, which I did til 250ish.  They were faster than I thought, the winner in the heat ran 54.  I was quite a ways back.  

Anyway, 59.75 - my worst time this season (excluding Sewanee's indoor 160m track)  is still faster this season than anyone else in the US M60 400m.   

So, on break and in Atlanta, I'm going to double down on my training and really kick ass.  

The weird race this coming weekend from that weird meet director who limited 'open' to age 35 was canceled.  Just disappeared from the Coacho calendar like I expected it would.  So, I may request to race in another college meet this weekend at Clark U, a historically black college here in ATL.  Weather doesn't look great though, rain in the morning, 50% during the day.