“You okay”?
I was half way through my steady state run yesterday. The heat index was 103 and I had to take a break in some shade.
“Yes – thanks” was my reply to the voice that seemed to come out of nowhere. “It’s hot out here today”, I said as I looked around to see who was talking to me. It was some nice people sitting outside on their porch. I must have looked as bad as I felt at the time. However it only took about 2 or 3 minutes to gather my composure and start back on my run.
I had been dreading this day for some time. Six weeks out from our marathon and we are now starting our workouts. TJ sent me the schedule and I had mistaken that yesterday was to be a tempo run and not a steady state run.
So, being hot out and a bit worried I wouldn’t get through, I set my iSmoothRun app and went out for my run.
Looking back on it, it wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be. My first mile was slow as I warmed up. My achilles has been a bit sore, so I didn’t want to go too fast. After that I went straight into my steady state pace. I am supposed to keep my pace around 8:00, but with the heat, I set my app to 8:30 just to be on the easy side. I didn’t listen to my app.
Here are my splits:
Steady state splits
Needless to say, I felt good about the run. It was tough, but it gave me some confidence that I can get through my workouts this summer and not pass out. 🙂
This morning I woke up with a sinus infection. That, along with only 4 hours sleep means I will have to take the day off from running today. Oh well. Better safe than sorry!!!
278 to Boston 
You are a machine running in 103 degrees! Amazing! Great job!!
Thanks! I wouldn’t want to do it again, but I will probably have to. Why did I choose a September marathon! 🙂
Clad to see the confidence bud. 6 weeks and a cloud of dust. Get at it!
Ha. Don’t know about the dust part, but thanks!!!
Good lord, be careful in that heat! Hope you feel better after a day of rest…
Thank you. I am on my way to the doctor in a bit. Rest should help… I hope so anyway.
Wow, I’m impressed with your time, especially in the heat. Someday I’ll be able to run that fast. I’m thinking by this time next year I will. Keep up the great work!
Thank you. I did take a couple breaks, but I was happy overall. I wanted to do more, but I didn’t want to be stupid in the heat. Anyway. Thanks for the encouragement.
Great job!!
Thank you. It is much more fun to look back in than it was during the run. 🙂
Holy smokes that’s hot! You rock! I hope you feel better soon! 🙂
You’re too kind!!! Thanks. I need to feel better tomorrow as our 5K is Saturday. I was just getting in the groove and have been out 2 days with this infection. Oh well. Could be worse!!!
You will do great I am sure of it! And yes, things could be worse, but the challenges as much as they try to break us, they can’t, they only make us stronger and more determined! 🙂
You’re right!!! I didn’t totally understand that until I started running (your blog helped too).
Thanks!
🙂