Did you know that in one hour today the temperature climbed 5 degrees? I learned that one the hard way, because I was out running during that time. Hopefully while I am training my body to run further I'll also be able to train it to get up earlier.
10:45 am - 5.5 mi, 9:35 pace overall, after about 2 mi the heat got to me and I started 3:30min run:1min walk intervals, .5 mi cool down
Weather - 88*, 52% humidity, sunny
Shoe - Mizuno Wave Rider 12
Recovery/Supplements - 1 SaltStick electrolyte cap, 2 Tropical Punch Clif ShotBloks, chocolate milk, stretched out hamstrings and ITB (esp left) really well and also quads and calves.
Of note - I should start running with my phone again. Of course yesterday's incident is a good reason and today there was a crazy raccoon running around on the road...at 11:15 am in broad daylight. That is probably not a good sign and it would suck to have to walk or run 2 miles home after getting bitten by a crazy raccoon.
I need to decide if I am ok not having a rough idea of my pace. My Nike + keeps messing up my 4 month old ipod, as in it will just freeze up sometimes while the chip is plugged in...hmmm. Or I could get a new Garmin, I think they give pretty sweet employee discounts, but then I'll be back to my psychotic monitoring and graphing.
Other than the miserable heat, possibly rabid raccoon and my Nike + screwing up my ipod it was a good day. Lots of pretty butterflies flitting about and the hermit and fiddler crabs stayed off the road and in the mud by the salt marshes. Not many things squick me out more on a run than having to avoid stepping on little crabs while they brandish their one big claw at you...ewww.
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