8.6 miles this morning. Did the GS extended loop. Went out early and it was nice and calm. I felt pretty good and am ready to pick it up the rest of the week after a pretty weak start. I took some "other" roads and thought it would be the same distance...but it wasn't. Later in the day I started to wonder about it and had to check it out. So instead of getting nine in this morning I only got 8.6. 11.5 miles run this afternoon. I had some things going this evening so I needed to get my run done early, and the treadmill sounded like the worst thing in the world. So I got myself pumped up and went out just before 4 p.m. It was 103 when I left and 101 when I got home. There was a small breeze in the air that made it possible to be out, but it was just flat out hot. I did the big loop run that Dave and I did last week. Then when I got to the golf course I ran up and down a couple fairways to get some water and that extended it. About 6 miles into the run I was feeling the heat and the gnome’s voice from Travelocity was running through my head (yes in an English accent) saying “Am I going to die.” Luckily for the water on the golf course I lived. I made it home an began to drink every recovery drink I own one by one and within 4 ½ hours I started to feel better. Glad to have pushed through the run. Looking back it wasn’t that bad- it made for a good endurance training run. Hopefully it won’t wipe me out for my runs the rest of the week. | 