Things are ticking along. I've been good about getting out for two runs during the week and the long run on the weekend. One difference this summer is that if I'm out of town on the weekend, I'm not doing my long run that weekend. I'm not training for anything, so there's no reason for me to to scramble to get those done. Normally I'd do twelve miles on a Monday night or something to make up for it, but not this year. So I've missed two weekends because of that. Otherwise, perfect attendance. I've even thrown in a half marathon distance run in addition to my usual 10 miles.
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| Ten miles in the heat last weekend. |
My body is definitely back to one hundred percent. So that is nice! Heart rate is back to where to used to be and my legs are officially back to normal. FINALLY. For a while they were like 95% of the way there, but on some long runs they would ache and bitch dramatically toward the end. Kind of felt like the end of a twenty mile run or something. However, in the last month or so, that has gone away too. Ten mile runs now feel like the ten mile runs I am used to. I honestly feel back to normal other than the fact I am slower than I used to be. That is definitely a thing. However, I have time to work on that. Hopefully by marathon training time next year I'll back back to my 2019 shape.
It has been HOT recently. The other day it hit 100 degrees for the first time in two years. I almost wanted to go out and run just for fun while it was triple digits. However, a three block walk left me sweating like a pig, so I decided it probably wasn't the best idea. The day before that it hit 99 degrees. This also happened to be long run day. Fun! I meant to get up and out the door earlier... but you know how it is. When I left at 11am it was 80 outside already, and by the time I finished nearly two hours later it was 90. Phew! It was manageable though. I just ran slower and tried to stay in the shade as much as possible. I also had a pit stop at home for water at mile six. I just combined my six mile loop and my four mile loop to keep things simple.
