Egad. The heat got me today. It was between 82 and about 85 degrees for today’s long run, with about 60% humidity. The long run was on Sunday rather than yesterday because a) yesterday was supposed to be a race day, and b) neither the race nor my substitute run happened because I did a night shoot that wrapped Saturday morning around 8:15am and was too zapped to run.
I set out to do about 15 miles today. I contemplated busting out about 17 miles, but upon my third attempt of Cat Hill, I suddenly had to stop. Done. No more energy. The heat got to me. I stepped on the scale when I got back from my run, and despite water numerous times along the way, I dropped 6 lbs. I was 175 lbs before this run, but after I was 169 lbs. Whoa. And cool.
No injuries to report–both my right ankle and my left calf seemed fine. I set out very slowly today because of the heat and the time of day (late morning, with sun blazing). It took me a while to get out because for some reason it took Garmin about 10 minutes to find a satellite.
As you can see from the map, I did a little surprise course. I was thinking I’d do three “sans loops” (loops without Great Hill) for my 15+ miles, but I decided to take on Great Hill in my first loop, then in my second loop. When I hit the 72nd St. Transverse coming back down, I decided to turn left onto it! I’ve never done that except in races. But I was losing steam fast. Once I mounted Cat Hill, I was only half up before nothing more. While I had had my eyes on doing about 17 miles, I ended up with only 11.88 miles. Given this heat, that’s not that bad. But given that I hadn’t run in 3 days, it’s a bit disappointing.
I’m thinking about getting in maybe a 10-miler tomorrow to make up some. It’s to be seen. I may have a challenging week of work with a couple night shoots. That may mess with my motivation. I’ve found it’s really hard to get me out of napping when I also have the option to run. I keep needing my rest.