Got out for four laps (6k) around Queens Park at lunch time today. 34C humidex. Ugh.
In my hurry to get out of the house this morning, I forgot to bring my Polar watch and heart rate monitor. So today was "au naturel". No watch, no chest strap. Just me, the heat and traffic gunning around Queens Park Crescent.
In order to allow me a semblence of continuous running, I decided to run on the inside of the crescent, against traffic. In some parts of the almost 1 mile route it was fine. On others I had to duck onto the grass and/or dirt path beside the roadway if a truck or bus (or nervous driver) was coming at me.
No real close calls, but running at the edge of a broken up roadway into oncoming downtown traffic is not for the faint-of-heart. I know when to "hold 'em and when to fold 'em". heheheh
Got back to City Hall for a shower and to change after wrapping up the run. In the shower I selected mostly cold water, but I could still feel the heat of my body temperature on my skin. What a weird feeling. My core temp was probably well into the 40s. I was thinking about people running marathons in the tropics. How do they do that?
No time or distance information today.
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