The title says it all. It's hotter than hot here lately, and will be 74 degrees at 6am when I go out to run tomorrow morning, according to weather.com. 74 degrees! WTF? It's been ungodly humid, too, and just left me feeling sapped and exhausted. It was so hot on Monday morning that I went out to run in just my shorts and sports bra, which if you know me is something I pretty much never do. But it was oddly liberating and I'll probably do it again.
In all the winter training, I had forgotten just how much summer takes out of me. I really need to get better at just sucking it up in the heat, or I'm in for another summer of disaster races. We're doing the Father's Day 10k again (if my mom and sister can watch the kiddos) and while I'm sure I won't repeat last year's 1:08 and change disaster, it looks like my long-standing 10k PR is probably not going to fall anytime soon, unless we get an inexplicable cold snap, and I run through a wormhole. We've got my races leading up to Columbus all planned out, which is both comforting and kind of scary. I'm back on the horse with the training without too much of a break, but I'm still concerned about how it's going to fit in with our summer vacations and such. I guess things will figure themselves out as we go.
In the meantime, mentally preparing myself for 10 miles in the freaking heat tomorrow morning.
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