well, that was reassuring (if tiring)

Just beat my previous 5k record by 4 seconds - my new record is 20:11.34. This is the first proper run I've done since the 10-miler; I'm not counting the roughly three-mile run I did to catch a bus (Watling Street to Parnell Street, about 25 minutes). So, yay!

updated to add: I was actually trying for a 20-minute 5k, and managed to do the first 2k in about 8 minutes, but unfortunately that's about as far as my ability to maintain that pace went. I did manage to pull back some time on the fourth kilometer, but the fifth one is a whole chunk of uphill and basically I couldn't quite make it. Still got that target to beat!

anarchy in the US

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Someone set The Man on fire early at Burning Man. To me this seems like someone saying, "why do we have rules for something that's supposed to be about getting away from the rules?" (per tongodeon's recent comment). Of course, it could also just have been someone being a dick. Either way, I am laughing.