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Jun 8, 2011

Crazy heat again

Well I did my five miles as scheduled but, boy, were they tough ones.  My temperature gauge showed 80 degrees as I was walking out the door.  Actual temp was 75 degrees????!!! at 5:30 in the morning?  Holy crap.

I had planned to do some repeats.  Can't say that I have done much in the way of speed work during my marathon training but repeats is what was called for today.  I failed miserably given the hot weather and I also did my first mile after warmup way too fast.


I was thinking to myself....these repeats sure seem hard.  I told myself I'd keep a pace of 8:20.  Oops, no wonder I was so tired after the second mile.  Got a little slower after that and all downhill from there.   I was sweating like crazy.  I do sweat during my runs but I really start sweating after I stop running when I'm stretching.

I glad tomorrow is back to a easy day!


Question of the day?  10 degrees or 80 degrees?  Which would you prefer?




Have a great day and......Keep Running!!!!!!!
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 8, 2011 at 7:29 AM

    10 or 80? Depends on the wind.

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  2. Meg O @watchmegorunJune 8, 2011 at 7:30 AM

    I'll take the 10 degrees....at least that's what I'm saying for now until I can adjust better to the heat. Way to get out there!

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  3. LisaJune 8, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    It's hot and humid here as well. I'd think I'd take 80 over 10, but as long as it's not humid!! Have a great day!

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  4. BabyWeightMyFatAssJune 8, 2011 at 7:53 AM

    10 with no wind. lol. Last year we didn't get this type of heat til sometime in July. So June is not a good sign for the summer.

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  5. Running RicigJune 8, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    If there's no humidity, I'll take 80, otherwise 10.

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  6. ChristiJune 8, 2011 at 8:47 AM

    Ouch! That is some warm weather early in the morning. Great job on getting out there and sweating through it.

    I can't remember, what is your next event?

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  7. tahoegirlJune 8, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    10 all the way. Heck, -5 even. I do not know how our warm climate friends do it. I wimped out and ran on the treadmill today.

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  8. ihaverunJune 8, 2011 at 3:47 PM

    10 degrees for me. You are awesome to do repeats in the heat. I can hardly stand running on my treadmill when it's 70+ degrees in my house.

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  9. Detroit Runner(Jeff)June 8, 2011 at 6:41 PM

    christi - just a 10k coming up at end of June. I'm hoping to run another marathon in October - we'll see.

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  10. UnknownJune 9, 2011 at 3:50 PM

    Although I think it's harder, I would much rather be hot than cold. I'm usually in the minority for this one though...

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