This week's runs

ok so I didn't put any comments about my Tuesday and Thursday runs. I guess I have to get better at this. After all, putting this blog together was my idea. Right?? Both runs this week were tough. Tuesday was a tough day because I worked from home while the hot water tank was getting fixed. I didn't eat right, didn't feel right and as a result, didn't have a good run. In fact, I didn't even run the entire 4.8 miles. I bailed after 3.8. Every once in a while it happens. I try to live by my own advice which is "listen to your body". Thursday's run was good but was tough. It was very hot (88 degrees according to the truck's thermometer). I found it very humid and didn't seem to have a lot of steam at the end. Sharon kicked my butt with her final sprint into the finish. We did talk about having Tuesday be our speed work. Now that I see Richard having success with speed work once a week, maybe it's worth it. We would then have one speed work out, one tempo short run and a long run for building endurance per week. I think that works for me.

Today is Saturday so the long run is over for this week too. The group was running 7 miles but I ran 2 before I joined them. I wanted to try to stay close to 9 if I can. So far so good. Today was one of those days when I realize that 96% humidity is hard even if the temperature is in the high seventys. My shoes were soaked about 7 miles into the run. My pants were dripping with 1 mile to go. It was a strange feeling. I started to get a stitch on the last mile so one of the guys volunteered to push Marin for the last mile. I was so happy that I handed her off to him. This gave me the opportunity to stand up straighter and let my chest expand more. This seemed to help me alleviate the tension. The rest of the final mile was good. I managed to average 11 mile miles per my watch which includes the water break and the lights at US1. According to our run leader, Edwin, that means we are right on target for our 10 min/mile pace. That's great news!! I really don't want to run faster in this heat over the long distances. It's just too hot. I am really looking forward to running in cooler weather. Right now, I would be happy with less humidity. Every little bit helps.