It Was A Hot One

Pizza is almost here so I am going to keep this one short…..I’m hungry!!! It was a hot one today. Not a scorcher like I have run in before but it was 93-94°F so it was pretty hot. What made it particularly tough is that I had to do a workout run. A 2x20 workout run. That means two 20 minute durations of hard running with a 10 minute easy run in between.

Running for 20 minutes straight at a high pace/intensity is tough in good conditions for me. Add the temperature and there were times I wanted to stop. My mouth was dry…..I didn’t bring any water…..but I had to finish. Thankfully the lake was at about the halfway point so I dunked my hat in the water to get some cooling to the body. It helped for a bit but dried up pretty quickly. Overall I ended up just short of 9 miles for the run. I’m feeling good now after rehydrating with probably 40+ ounces of water and a nice cold shower.

Ok, pizza Friday time. It literally just got here. See ya!