It’s Hard to Run When it’s Hot

I woke up this morning after a good long holiday weekend and I did not want to get going.  I had planned a pool swim this morning before work and a 5K run at lunchtime.  I stayed in bed a few minutes trying to convince myself to get up, kind of a body vs. mind situation.  Finally the mind won and I got up.  Got to the pool and had a good swim.  Now off to work. 

Going back to work after a normal weekend is tough.  After a long holiday weekend, mine was 4 days, is just cruel.  But it has to be done.  Going through 74 e-mails and 6 voicemails takes some time, but I am extremely glad it was not the other way around.  I am glad that people seem to get the hint that e-mail is a much more efficient way to communicate when you can’t do so face to face.

Lunch time.  Time to RUN!  I am excited that the rain has held off.  They were calling for scattered thunder storms, but they seem to have waited for me to get my run in.  I look out of my window and see that there are many clouds in the sky, but the sun is out too, so I decide to take my hat and sunglasses.  I did not realize until I got outside that it was already 90 degrees!  I warm up (did not take long) and start to run.  Feeling pretty darn good for the first mile or so and I wonder if I can beat my personal best that I set a week ago.  Then it hits me.  I feel like my head is going to explode from my boiling blood.  Sorry to be graphic, but that’s how it felt!  I have to ease back a bit, so I walk.  Then I realize that without the run speed, it feels even hotter.  Then I wonder why the hell the clouds are seemingly avoiding blocking the sun from penetrating my back and head.  No lie, with a sky full of those fluffy clouds, not once during my run did one float in front of the sun and give me a break.  I started off thinking the weather and Mother Nature were on my side only to have them kick my tail.  See the stats here.

I did not reach 3.1 miles because I was running out of time and I still had to eat something for lunch.  I think my days of getting a run in at lunch might be coming to an end.  At least during the warm weather anyway.  Maybe Thursday I will run after work instead of at lunch.  That and Saturday’s 5 mile trail race should boost my running!