64F, 92% humidity. I've never really bombed in a race, so I guess it was about time. I've probably had half a dozen training runs where I've ended up covering this distance faster. Most things that could go wrong, did. I forgot my energy drink/caffeine in the morning, and I normally never do anything more than a recovery run without it. Then the temp/humidity ended up about like Houston, except we were in direct sunlight for this one. Today confirmed to me that I lose all my endurance above 60 degrees. The course was also hilly; it was never flat, always up or down. I could use some hill training. To make matters worse, I didn't learn my lesson about adjusting my pace to the conditions, and I started out as if I had perfect conditions again. I'll steal the Proverbs quote from Preston's blog the other day - "As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly." So those are my million excuses! Mostly, I just...ran...bad. I was pleading for the finish line around mile 4.
7:03, 7:03, 7:12, 7:25, 7:18, 7:32, 7:49, 7:47, 8:04, 8:07, 7:59, 8:04, 7:39, 0:53.
About halfway through, I mentally died. Probably could have given a little more effort but I had completely wilted mentally and physically in the heat. Ended up pretty dehydrated as well. I wish I could pull something positive out of this...guess it is technically a PR, and I got in a solid medium-long run. Time to take an easy week and reset everything. | 
