O.R.F.

History has repeated itself...again. Friday John stuck it to Saturday John. You see Friday John had a scheduled day off from training and work so he decided to take advantage of this rare occurrence by playing golf with Cork and Chris and then heading down to the Phillies game (with Chris and Cork) and meeting up with Mull, Kern, Bill and Mike. Of course multiple adult beverages (and hot wings) were consumed. What would a round of golf and a ballgame be without them?

The weather was generally crap (off and on rain) so the round of golf was cut off after the 16th hole the ball game was marred byu rain delays but luckily the game is only part of the Citizens Bank Park experience. We opted instead to wait out the rain in McFadden's with the rest of the Phillies faithful. After the rain let up we headed out to our seats (3rd row right field). The fans were really giving the Braves right fielder (Diaz?) a hard time. Around the 8th inning we headed back in to McFadden's and celebrated another Phillies win. This team is fun to watch.

Due to the rain delays etc and traffic I didn't get home until midnight. I woke up Saturday and I wasn't feeling too great (I probably won't follow this routine the night before IM Florida). I thought I was fortunate in that Missy had some errands to run early Saturday morning so I could put off the 1 hour 45 minute run until around noon. I was able to get out around noon but man did I pay the price. The temperature was 85 F with 75% humidity giving it a real feel temperature of over 90 F.

I think I have to alter the real feel equation a little. This current calculation is limited in that it takes into consideration only actual temperature, humidity, amount of clouds and wind speed....while omitting to key variables the number of beers and hot wings consumed the day before. Factoring in all of these variables and you are left with an "Orsini Real Feel", let's just call it an ORF, of 105 F - 110 F.

This ORF took its tool on me today and I was fortunate to clock a 12.5 mile run in 1 hour and 45 minutes...not quite the 13.125 (8 min pace) that I was hoping for but it is close enough.

Looking forward to taking my training to the Outer Banks for the next two weeks. The car is packed and family is shoving off around 4:30 am. With a little luck I'll be relaxing on the beach by mid-afternoon. Our annual Outer Banks vacation really is the highlight of our year and this year is no exception. Looking forward to relaxing and spending some quality time with my family and extended family.