Big nasty number 1....Done! Thank goodness! Meg and I got up at 3:30 and were on the road by 4:00 this morning just to beat the heat. I think our efforts to beat the heat are in vain because all we can really do is beat the really bad heat. It's still hot as heck at 4:00 in the morning. With an excessive heat warning in effect for most of this weekend I knew it was going to be a warm run. The temp at the start, in the dark, was 87 degrees. Things went well for the first 10-12 miles and then the sun came up and the heat was on. At 14 miles I had made my way back to my neighborhood and bumped into Meg where I tried to talk to her as long as I could so I wouldn't have to keep running. She was struggling with the heat as well, it was pretty rough. The last six miles I imagine the temperature was at or above 90 and the wheels were starting to fall off. At mile 17 I am embarrased to say I actaully sat down for a minute or so and didn't want to get up. I eventually did get up and trudged in the last 3 miles at about an 8:30 pace. I really wanted to average 8:15/mile today but pretty much lost it in the last 5 miles.
Time: 2:46:21 8:19/mile | 