For the second Saturday in a row, I practiced running the last 10.6 miles of the Deseret News Marathon course; that is, from Crestview Drive to the finish line at Liberty Park. However, I did not start my run up from the Huntsman Center to the Hogel Zoo until noon. I very rarely go for a run during the middle of a sizzling summer’s day; however, I wanted to get a taste of the July heat wave before this Friday’s race. Needless to say, I made sure to have my sun gear on, to carry a 32 oz water bottle, and to apply plenty of sunscreen. Wow, this turned out to be one brutally tough run (I have no idea how people run the Badwater Ultra Marathon). Also, I learned a lesson that steel water bottles really heat up in the hot summer sun; that is, when I finished off the water near the downtown library, I swear I could have made coffee with it. After I past my imaginary finish line in Liberty Park, I struggled home and spent the rest of day the basically cooling off and refilling my body with liquids. Hopefully, the weather is somewhat cool on Friday.
In regards to my non-running workout, I completed 200 sit-ups and 27 push-ups. In order to save my upper body for the Deseret News Marathon on the 24th, I’m temporally suspending the Push-Up Challenge until next Saturday (i.e., part of the tapering plan). However, I’ll try to get in a set of push-ups everyday. | 