Hot August Miles

[Tri Girl]

Well I think 6 in awful heat/humidity is pretty darn good! I hear ya, tho. I was also down 3 lbs. And that's with drinking a full bladder.
It has to start cooling off soon, right skhill??? RIGHT???

[rocknrollgirl]

I am taking comfort in the fact that I am not the only one suffering through the heat and humidity. I did 9 yesterday at a very slow pace. The humidity was awful. I too was down about 3 pounds when I got home. The fall weather cannot come quickly enough. This really does a number on my head.

[Tri Girl]

my *running* lately on the trails has been a blistering 16 min/mile. On the road it's a whopping 13-14 min/miles. Really?? I could almost walk that fast. I run 2 min, walk 1 min to keep my HR from getting up to and staying in the high 170's when it's this hot.

It will be over, soon, and then I will become fast again (well, fastER)

[rocknrollgirl]

Had plans to get up early and run before the first day back to school, but we are getting pounded by leftover Isaac so instead I have been up half the night with the house shaking.
It makes my heart go out to those that got the full impact of the storm.

I will try again later...

[lph]

Autumn is here. Ran 40 minutes to work this morning in cool rain... wet shoes drying downstairs as I type. Nice, in it's way.

[rocknrollgirl]

I ended up getting part of my run in yesterday. I had an interval workout to do and mde it about 3/4 of the way through between rounds of storms. I could hear thunder off in the distance and was trying to outrun it. Come to find out it was a tornado warning. In NJ. Go figure.

[indysteel]

I'm a cold weather runner. While I can sort of adjust to riding in the heat, I can't seem to get past 70 or so degrees with running. In light of that, I hadn't gone for a run since Good Friday, if memory serves. It's been a crazy hot summer....

But I started dipping my toe in the water again over the last few days. I ran 2 miles on last Friday and again yesterday on the dreadmill. I've continued to battle some occasional hamstring and hip pain over the summer, so as modest at 2 miles sounds, I was pleased that nothing hurt too badly. Given those issues, I don't aspire to much more than 4-5 miles a few times a week, but I hope I'm off to a good start.