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June 23, 2005, 8:30pm: First bug in the mouth. Mmmmm.
| GOAL: |
4 miles |
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| LOCATION: |
Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri
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| CONDITIONS: |
93°, hazy |
| RESULTS: |
4 miles |
TIME: 41:22
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PACE: 10:20/mile
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| TOTAL TRAINING MILES TO DATE (walking & running): 281 miles |
Hottest Training Day So Far
This was the hottest training day so far. High temp was 96° with a heat index of 100°+ around 4:00pm today. I was really kicking myself for not getting up early and running before work. There was no way I was going to run after work today, so I came home and worked on my donation flyer to give to my colleagues at FOX 2. It was around 8:00pm before I thought it was "cool" enough to run...at 93°.
The Run
Drivers already had their headlights on when I started running, so I knew it would get dark fast. This was the first time I've ran in Forest Park at night. It didn't look like too many people were out running tonight (gee I wonder why). I started my run working on my interval training (5 minutes fast, one minute walk), but by the time the 4th mile started, I thought I was overdoing it, so I just ran a slower steady pace. For the first couple miles, I had a warm breeze kicking up, which didn't really cool me off. I brought a 16-oz water bottle with me, and minute-by-minute, I could feel it getting warmer and warmer. After about 20 minutes in my hand, it was as hot as the weather. I only drank about half of it. The other half I used to splash my face and slosh out the bug I caught during the last mile. Mmmm. There were a couple times when I felt my body temperature shoot up, but I just took a drink and slowed down a bit. For the most part, I felt strong...I just didn't want to overdo it on the last mile.
| THOUGHTS: |
Even though my mind wanted to push myself, I listened to my body and took it easy when it asked for it. This was the hottest day so far in training, and there was no way I could predict how I was going to feel. |
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