A Hot, Hard, Long Run
>> Saturday, August 31, 2024
I set a PR that I didn't want to set during my long run on Monday.
It was hot. But worse than that, it was HUMID. It was THICK. The plan was to do two 10 minute efforts in the middle of my long run, and I figured that was something I could get through. My splits weren't quite as good as when I did this workout 14 years ago (remember that I'm using Coach Jen's workouts from back then to try to have a good TC 10 Mile): over those two 10 min efforts I went 1.69 and 1.70 miles in 2010, and 1.66 and 1.69 miles this year (which were 6:01 and 5:55 pace). Overally NOT TOO BAD based on the conditions, just a LITTLE slower.
When I stopped running hard after the last effort, I didn't stop and walk like I had to 14 years ago, and a minute later I MAYBE got some slight chills. Oh dang. And I was SOAKED with sweat. The run was supposed to not end easy, but at more of a moderate pace, so I was still working a bit. I got home and had to put my shoes on our boot drier because they were soaked through with sweat:
I wish I had weighed myself pre-run... I lost POUNDS of fluid!
The response when I texted my wife.
Long runs usually average just under 300.
My last 2 long runs, Aug 11 and 18.
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