2:01:24 (1:05:16/56:08 - this wasn't exact, I forgot to hit my watch at the the turn-around, it was probably more like 1:03:xx/58:xx). Stupid weather-people, stupid me. Like a dummy I listened to the weather report last night and slept in until 6AM ... I was so tired, I did not leave work until about 7 last night and by the time I ran and drove home it was about 9PM when we sat down to eat. All we did was watch track and go to bed ... but I was beat. So, anyway, the weather report said that it was going to rain last night and be cloudy this morning and rain again this afternoon -- monsoons (they are really cool -- it really pours, and the washes fill with water, it "greens" up, and although it gets pretty humid, it is about 10 degrees cooler during the day - only about 95F high yesterday). I thought I could start at a nice late 7:30 and be ok. Well, it was horrible. It was bright sunny, humid as all get out, and about 80F at 7:30. I spent the first 3 miles cussing under my breath at the weather people, and myself, for starting so late; then I decided to make "lemonade from the lemons", and as I was trying to do that (think of something positive about this hot horrid run) - I spent about 2 miles thinking about how good an ice cold lemonade would be ;-) - and I don't even like lemonade. Then I spent about 3 miles obsessing about whether or not I put sunscreen on my face -- I knew had put it on the rest of me, but I did not remember putting on my face (did I tell you how tired I was this morning?). By the time it was time to push it (I was supposed to run the last 20 mins hard, I usually just make it a progression run and run harder every mile after the turnaround) it was probably 90F (and at least 60% humidity), so then I was cussing the weather people, and myself, again. With 2 miles to go I ran into a woman who runs with a local running club (we have run together before) and we ran the last couple miles together. She had run a 22 miler yesterday and was supposed to be running an easy 10 miles today, I told her I was going to email her coach (who I know slightly) and tell on her that she was running her easy day too hard ... but she made me promise I wouldn't because apparently she gets in trouble for that all the time ;-). She was surprised to see me out there so late - she had gone to a concert the night before so she had a better excuse than me to start so late, but it was tough. We did make plans to try to meet again and run together, we seem to have similar schedules (not early ;-) ) and our paces are pretty similar. Anyway -- I was happy that I was able to run the last 4 miles as hard as I did in the heat, and all and all I am happy. I guess that was my lemonade, if I can run this hard right now and feel so good, I am hoping it will translate into some good races when it is cooler. And, although I did not quite make my target weight goal this summer I have come pretty close (127.6 today, but probably dehydrated, I am about 129 on average lately, which is about 20.8 BMI and 6th percentile for my age, so I will just be happy with that) ... there is some lemonade, no sugar added though! World Champs Highlights: Dwight Philip is a 4 time world champion a the long jump! The US men and women 4 x 400 relay team rock, if they don't mess up the baton exchange they are pretty much favorites for the win tonight. Kenyan's 1-2 in the womens 5K final (Jen Rhines ran a season's best 15:11). Desiree Dravila ran a pr 2:27 marathon - almost beating Kara Goucher (who had a bad day today) -- great finish by Xue Bai of China against Yoshimi Ozaki of Japan. Happy Sunday bloggers. A little work, and hopefully a little play this afternoon.
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