Objective: Easy day Weather: Mid 40s F, <20 drops rain, breezy (Bf.2) 20 min. core and weights Well, I did everything right and still didn't win the apparel game. I saw the rain falling and the branches moving, I felt the cold air on my face and checked the thermometer out on my porch, and I looked at the hourly forecast for my zipcode on wunderground.com (the same source that told me there was a 10% chance of light showers at my marathon - it poured). But when I stepped outside the rain stopped, the breeze calmed, and I was stuck with a jacket on. At mile 3 I couldn't stand the heat anymore, and wrestled myself out of the jacket to tie it around my waist. I was really looking forward to testing that jacket too; it's a new one, by Asics, that is supposed to be waterproof and breathable. It's got some great little vents on it. I wonder whether I would have been too hot even in rain, but I suppose wet legs would have cooled me off somewhat. I'm sure I'll have another opportunity to test it soon. ;)
Other than daydreaming about untruthful weather reports and a knitting pattern for a sock I want to make, my random thoughts today were about hills. I've got some e-buddies on another forum who ran the Nike Women's Marathon this weekend. I asked them about the hills and so far two of them have reported the hills to be "worse than I expected." Of course, almost any hill in a marathon is an unwelcome sight, but I suppose it really depends on how you've trained. I'm a thousand percent stronger on hills than I was 4 years ago, before I moved to this hilly country, but I still have a ways to go. I'm racking my brains trying to think of where I read a story about one of Arthur Lydiard's athletes. She did so much hill running with Lydiard that, when asked about the hills in the Boston Marathon, she said, "I didn't notice any hills." Does anyone recognize that story? Well, anyway, I've got my first Brad Hudson hill sprint workouts coming up this week and am really looking forward to them. For today, just easy running.
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