Running away from August! Onward into September!

[kris7047th]

We had a cool day today barely making 60* and my ride felt nice. But just a few days ago here in SE Mich we had highs of 96*. Tomorrow we are to wake up to 40*. We call it Michigan weather .. lol

[rocknrollgirl]

I came in this morning to say Waaaaahhhhhh. Group hug please.

Yesterday I woke up with a scratchy throat. Blamed it on allergies ( that is my story and I am sticking to it). By the end of the day the discomfort had migrated downward. Left school with a frog throat.
Came home feeling like a weepy 5 year old that needed a nap or a time out, was VERY cranky to my DH, who just took it. I ended up in tears. He then gave me a time out Woke up this morning, throat feels better, but I sound awful. He just left to go do our long run on a beautiful fall morning. No running for me.((((

My race is in 2 weeks. POOOOO. I will see how I feel tomorrow. I know at this point that the hay is in the barn, but still. Poo.

And for heaven's sake I NEVER get sick, who gets a sore throat the second week of school? ( allergies, still sticking with that one) Sigh.

Ok, done whining now.

[Veronica]

I had a cold the second week of school this year. My kids (5th grade) love to hug me as they leave each day. Not all of them, but 4 or 5 everyday.

My classroom itself makes me ill. The humidity at my house is usually right around 28%. I live 1.2 driving miles from my school. The humidity in my classroom is 55%. It's gross. The air in my room just feels thick! I know that's not high compared to where some of you are.

Hope you feel better soon, RNRG!

Veronica

[rocknrollgirl]

Veronica,
just hearing that I am not alone in my fight against kid germs makes me feel better. Sorry that you too were stuck down. Truthfully, I am sitting here trying to imagine what 28% humidity feels like. In my head I guess I imagine San Fran to be cool and humid. I guess not! Your are right, 55% here is low, low, low.

Hey, at least the dust bunnies are going to get chased.

[Veronica]

We live halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento, with a couple of low mountain ranges in between. Totally different weather here, more Central Valley than coast!

Yeah, kids are just little germ factories. I've got a couple who are incessant washers and hand sanitizers, but most are not.

Veronica

[kris7047th]

I had a cold the second week of school this year. My kids (5th grade) love to hug me as they leave each day. Not all of them, but 4 or 5 everyday.

My classroom itself makes me ill. The humidity at my house is usually right around 28%. I live 1.2 driving miles from my school. The humidity in my classroom is 55%. It's gross. The air in my room just feels thick! I know that's not high compared to where some of you are.

Hope you feel better soon, RNRG!

Veronica

wOw .. your home humidity is very low. I have 5 tropical fish tanks in my bedroom for the past three years. Prior to having them there the humidity was low, wake up with congestion etc. Those symptoms have disappeared and I went 2 1/2 years without even a cold .. until I was scheduled to visit my daughter in S.C. .. yep caught a cold the week before (but it was very mild and gone just before leaving :0)

I suspect the reason isn't too low .. or too high but your constant daily change from one to the other. Your body is in constant adjustment mode and why you get sick easier. I would up the humidity in your home.

[skhill]

48F and breezy this morning, woohoo! It was a struggle at first to keep to a long run sort of pace, but after 3 miles I felt like I had settled in to a pace I could maintain all day. Went 8.5 miles, and could easily have kept going, but my hands and butt were numb from the cold, so I went home and warmed up. I love fall!

[OakLeaf]

I passed 1,000 miles for the year today.

I did a workout that was basically half of the one I was doing the day I got hurt a year and a half ago this week: 4 x mile @ half marathon pace or slightly faster, with 1 minute rest intervals. Half, only because it's the shape I'm in now, and I'm only looking at a non-goal half marathon at the moment. It felt so easy I almost decided to do more, but I'm pretty sure I'd pay for it tomorrow if I did, and I really didn't want to tear myself up at this point. There'll be plenty of time for sore in the spring.

[GLC1968]

Funny you all should be talking about humidity - I sure missed the west coast humidity today.

I did 3 miles per my plan on Friday here in FL and it was OK. It was at about 6 pm, so kinda hot but I had plenty of shade on my route. I didn't really get over-heated until about 2.5 miles, so it was survivable. Oddly enough, the humidity allowed me to run it comfortably without water where I always have a really dry mouth at home after 3 miles.

Today I did my long run - 10 miles. It felt like 20! Holy hell...it sucks running here. I was out there by 7:30 but it really didn't matter. 92F and 88% humidity. Half my route was in the sun without shade and I was seriously wilted. I parked in the middle, ran 2.5 miles in one direction and then turned around and then 2.5 miles in the other direction and back again. That allowed me to keep cold water at the car to cool off and resupply at the half-way point. I should have run it the other way around though because direction one was shadier than direction two (lesson learned for next time!). At 8 miles, I really wasn't sure I was going to finish and I started walking in the tiny shade spots to try and cool down a bit. Oddly enough, my overall pace pretty much matched the pace I do at home for long runs, even with all that walking. I was thinking it was running on flats vs hills, but really, I think it's running on an uninterrupted MUP vs running on sidewalks with lots of traffic lights.

I will say that I've never been so glad to be done with a run as I was today!