Mind over matter tonight. Had hoped to do my tempo run outside tonight, but had to work late and it was still 82 and humid when I got off work. Time for Plan B. So I went to the fitness room and waited for the DM to clear, one of the few times in two years I've actually had to wait for a dreadmill. It finally cleared at 7:30 and I started my 11-miler. One thing became evident quickly: It was just as humid inside as outside, the the fan didn't create enough breeze to compensate. In short, very quickly I was hurting. I had to stop twice to refill my water bottle in the first half of the run, which fell at the halfway mark of my five-mile tempo segment. Jogged two laps to recover after the second water stop, then cranked it back up for the final 10 laps. I wanted to stop about, oh, 30 times in those 10 laps, but I never did. And in spite of the heat stress I was feeling, I was able to maintain my tempo pace of 7:24 average for the whole five miles. Then jogged it in to complete the 11 miles. | 