Hot!
Posted on 26 July 2010
Today I had a terrible run. The weather is so hot right now. I know, I have little to complain about compared to the rest of the country and all the other climates of the world, but what can I say? When my climate trains me to always want to throw on a jacket or a fleece, the heat is almost too much to take. I guess it is all relative, right? Anyway, I set out at 11am hoping to get in 6 miles. The first three miles went ok. Nothing great, but ok. 8:45/8:35/8:45. Ok, I can deal with that in these temps. But 180 BPM kept popping up on my Garmin. My next two miles were an average pace of 10 min+. I was forced to walk in certain spots. Overheating. I guess I am just not built for the heat and my body has acclimated to the temps of MN. So I called it a day and headed back to work, not accomplishing what I wanted, and feeling like crap to boot. Damn you heat! What really bothers me is that there are two races coming up. One in Iowa, which will be hot, and one here in MN which I hope won’t be that hot. We shall see what goes down. The really nice thing about next week is that I will finally be on vacation. We haven’t had a vacation since…well…I guess I can’t really remember. I guess that is what happens when you take a new job and then have a baby. Your vacation is non-existent. Of course, as tradition has it, this week leading up to vacation is going to be crazy busy with me traveling, then coming back home for a day, then heading out the door. Plus, my wife is traveling as well at the moment. Let’s just hope that it all goes to plan.
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