I got in my 7-miler this morning in under 80 minutes...I ended up doing it outside for a change because the weather was so wonderful. I definitely didn't run very fast, but I got it in!
Well, I finished my 32km this morning, but the last 6k were not pleasant, finished in a combo of shuffling jogging with lots of walking intervals. I guess I kind of hit the wall/bonked. A combo of heat, sun and then having to run into the wind the whole second half of the run. Oh, and not sleeping enough the night before. I think I will be trying out some gatorade on the next long run though.
Whew I decided to sleep in Saturday before my long run. What a killer! It was hot! Next time, I am getting up and taking a nap later I agree with Anne and use water on any run longer then about an hour. Right now I carry a bottle in my hand, but hopefully will improve on this soon.
My cold is hanging in there, but I have managed to get my runs in with more frequent walk breaks to accomodate for coughin. Anne- I think you must have caught my cold. I feel like I have been sick for most of this year. Even my office assistant commented on the fact that I was sick AGAIN.
Keep up the good work everyone. Some you have such long runs! I just can't imagine going that far. How am I ever going to run 26 miles?
Hi, everybody!! It's seems like it has been a while since I've last checked in. I guess it's mostly because I've been slacking! But, I ran 5k tonight. It went okay, but it was really humid.
I just saw on the news that it's suppose to be 97-98 degrees this weekend. I'm going to melt.
The sky has been hazy here for the past day or so. I ran a tough 10.5km this morning in the heat and humidity. The air felt thick and I was a fair amount slower than usual and took some walk breaks. We really need a thunderstorm or something to break this heat.
LOL Ilene, I can see we have different feelings towards our treadmills. You call your's dreadmill and I am calling mine tready, a term of endearment. I am hoping my fondness for tready lasts for a long time.
It's been hot and humid this week and is only getting hotter for the weekend. Today was much better than Tuesday's run though. It was already unpleasantly warm and humid at 6:30am when I started, but I picked a fairly breezy and shady route and didn't try to push my pace. I was actually faster the last 3k than the first 3k, so that's probably a good sign that I chose a good pace for the day.
I think my run yesterday did me in for the afternoon and night. I ran in the late morning (instead of my usual 5 am jaunt) and had horrible stomach cramps and, um, runner's runs. The only thing I did different was run at a hotter time of day. So, I am going to take it easy today, just a martial arts class and maybe a slow 2 mile jog with my daughter. We'll see.
I sooo admire you gals for running in this weather, I just can NOT do it!! But I can bike so I biked 20k and ran 5k on the today, plus I did some weights...
I agree with Anne and use water on any run longer then about an hour. Right now I carry a bottle in my hand, but hopefully will improve on this soon.
today, plus I did some weights...
