Run from the heat...

"If you think you won't finish, you won't."

- Dick Collins

This run definitely built character. It was meant to be an easy 4 miler, but the weather had other ideas. I started off working on my form following through on all of my strides. I notice when I do this, my mile pace picks up by almost a minute compared to when I shuffle and don't pick up my feet. I got to the first crossing of the freeway at about mile 1.4 and really felt the heat radiating off of all of the pavement and beating down on me from above. After that crossing I felt ok, but it wouldn't last.

I ran uphill toward my next turn and started to feel a bit more tired. Then I ran back to the next freeway crossing on my way home and the heat jumped up another notch. I kept up running, but suddenly the heat was my entire world. All I could feel was my pulse and waves of heat in the same tempo. I slowed a bit and splashed some of the cool water from my Camelback on my face to cool off. After a bit I started to feel better and picked the pace back up to run the rest of the way home. I had to walk a bit, but I feel like I did ok.

I just hope it's not this hot for the 50k...

Run Summary:
Mile 1: 9:01
Mile 2: 9:00
Mile 3: 9:53 (heat got to me...)
Mile 4: 9:48 (recovered a bit.)
Total: 37:49

See you on the roads folks!
Alex