Very long day today. I hosted a trail run which went off without a hitch and then went to watch my daughter's soccer game in Redmond. So my plan was to just run home from Redmond. What I didn't really plan for was 80 degrees temps. I had stashed plenty of water but the glaring sun -- which made for a beautiful Fall day -- was just too much. I was in the sun too long prior to the run and then the run itself suffered a but. Nothing catastrophic.
Workout was a 7+1 tempo run at marathon pace with the last mile being whatever I could muster...Ideally faster. The trick with this one was that I was to start the 7+1 after running 10 easy miles. For whatever reason, this is always a hard thing for me to do. I almost feel like running the whole 18 miles at marathon pace would be easier.
The first five miles were all on pace but the sixth mile fell off and the 7th was a joke...something like 5:45. Everything was tight. I could see the salt all over my body and I was pretty lightheaded....dehydration. Doesn't take much for me, sadly. All in all, another good week with 90+ miles. 5 weeks to go until Indy | 