55F, partly cloudy, humid. Lactate threshold/Tempo run: 4 E + 2 T + remainder moderate. Yesterday afternoon, as our mercury climbed to 80F, the thunderheads that had been predicted for Eastern Washington were camped just beyond the mountains near my house. So close! It was beautiful, but I wanted them to scoot just a teensy bit farther west to cool us off. This morning's run was quite pleasant, but still a bit warm with the humid air. An observation about weight. I was bringing in some purchases from my car, including a 20 pound jug of cat litter. Since my right arm is still sore from scything (see yesterday's post), I had the goofy but practical idea of putting the thing on my head, like an African woman. I set it on its side and held on to the handle. That worked nicely, but as I carried it up the 10 steps from the garage, through the house, and down the 14 steps to my basement, I thought to myself, "this is what it would be like to be 20 pounds overweight." Difficult!! And I couldn't imagine trying to run with those extra 20 pounds. I like my weight all right, so it's hard to get worked up about losing the 5-10 pounds I probably should lose -- but how much lighter would that feel as a runner? Something to think about.
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