Some times we discover little things about ourselves through a run that give us insight into general training. The run earlier this week on Tuesday night about killed me. The humidity drove my pace into the ground. Frustrated, and with conditions getting worse as the week went on, and bad scheduling with the wife back at work this week and kids home from school, I basically bagged the week. Yesterday the humidity broke a bit and dropped from the standard 75-80% down into the 50%. So today I thought I'd go for a run. When I looked at the conditions it wasn't looking good. 95 degrees, heat index of about 103, and 50% humidity. I thought for sure I was cooked. I took it easy, focused on keeping my breathing even and comfortable, focused on trying NOT to sweat too much, and did a 3 mile loop that ended at my house for water and 5 minutes of cool down. Was able to get 9 miles in around an 8:00 pace without hardly the least amount of stress. When I finished I didn't feel tired, exhausted, etc. This may be something to experiment with (the breathing and sweating) as my mileage begins to climb this fall and conditions lessen. | 