It was already pushing 80 degrees when I went out at 6am this morning and felt more humid, and less comfortable, than the 90 degrees on Thursday night. It is supposed to take a good 10-15 days of warm weather for the body to get used to it, but no doubt I would rather wrap up in the freezing cold than deal with this.
Central Park is always busy by 6am in the summer, but less so on a Friday as the weekend has begun for those lucky enough to have a summer house!
In this heat, there really is little option but to slow it down a bit, not that I needed an excuse. In the early weeks of training this will be a 3 mile run, but I did 4 today as I did nothing yesterday. 35min, 10 secs, about 8.48 pace, nothing too taxing but will need to go probably slower to start with on the longer runs. Felt pretty good, considering it normally takes the legs 3-4 miles to loosen up, but was sweating buckets by the time I got home!
A quick stretch - important even on the shortest of runs - and then off to work.
Looking forward already to Sunday, when it should be a bit cooler in the morning and a good run will make room for a lot of BBQ in the afternoon!
Central Park is always busy by 6am in the summer, but less so on a Friday as the weekend has begun for those lucky enough to have a summer house!
In this heat, there really is little option but to slow it down a bit, not that I needed an excuse. In the early weeks of training this will be a 3 mile run, but I did 4 today as I did nothing yesterday. 35min, 10 secs, about 8.48 pace, nothing too taxing but will need to go probably slower to start with on the longer runs. Felt pretty good, considering it normally takes the legs 3-4 miles to loosen up, but was sweating buckets by the time I got home!
A quick stretch - important even on the shortest of runs - and then off to work.
Looking forward already to Sunday, when it should be a bit cooler in the morning and a good run will make room for a lot of BBQ in the afternoon!
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