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Run 1 was horrible. Here's what I did right: left before 6 am, brought water, tweeted about how horrible it was when I got home. Here's what I did wrong: thought I could run a few tempo miles in air that felt like soup, actually tried to run said tempo miles, beat myself up when it didn't work very well. My legs felt like lead, I had a hard time catching my breath, and I felt like garbage. I did 5 miles, it felt like 15, and by the time I was finished, I was so sweaty that the white part of my shirt was pretty much transparent. I got home feeling defeated and tired. The tweet? Well, they say misery loves company. It was nice to get a reminder that I was not horribly out of shape, but rather had unrealistic expectations for my run.
@Moultgard don't feel bad. I had the same experience last night when I ran 7 miles. I had a number of walk breaks.
— Bill Kingston (@BillKingston) June 20, 2012
Run number 2? Much better. Here's what I did right: left before 6 am, brought ice water, brought company, found ways to make it fun. Here's what I did wrong: not much. Instead of trying to run fast? We all agreed it was a slow day. We all ran with the attitude that we were just happy to be out running on a lovely Thursday morning. We chatted, we tried to ignore the heat, and the best part? We found a way to make it fun:
This morning's run was better than yesterday's. Less sun, great company, and ran through some sprinklers. Felt like a kid again :) #running
— Kristen M (@Moultgard) June 21, 2012
I highly recommend running through sprinklers. It was probably the best part of my day.
How are you in the heat - do you love it or does it make you wilt? Any hot weather tips?
7 comments:
Love that comic!
Don't like running in the heat at all....and I won't with Max at all (the chariot gets a tad warm).
I'm glad your second was better than the first!
Definitely need to slow down and find ways to survive days like that. Blech!!! That popped corn cracks me up!
I am 50/50 on the heat. No way I could have run yesterday aft in it so I hit the treadmill and it was awful. This morning was an early start and still muggy but way more fun.
It isn't snow...that's my feeling.
I had a lady apologize to me because her sprinkler was overlapping the sidewalk...told her not to worry, I was looking forward to being under the water. I stayed for a couple passes too!
Good post...Happy Running {even through the sprinklers!}
I am in Quebec and it is soooo hot and so humid here...very hard to run
I went yesterday and today outside
going slower is key
Hahaha that comic cracks me up! Running in the heat is hard! Luckily over here we have a really dry heat so even when it's in the 40's it's never really humid. Humidity and heat is what really does me in!
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