It. . . . too. . . hot. . .

So far I've managed to stick to a good schedule.  I run about 5 times a week and one day a week I do a long run, which is getting up to around 15 kilometers.  Today was suppose to be my long run.  The only time I can go running is during the day time after dropping off the baby and before going to work.  When the sun in high in the sky and it's hotter and wetter then most legal saunas I suspect.  I stuck my head out the door and thought 'I am not going to do a long run today.'  I did somewhat less then my normal run, at a terrible pace and ended up getting tingly in my fingers and shaky after I stopped.  Clearly we have finally reached unsafe running temperatures.

I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to deal with the situation.  I have lost around 25 pounds.  I'm happy with my pace.  I'm happy with the distances I'm running.  I think I'm well on my way to being able to do a marathon next year and I don't want to slack off and loose all my progress.  On the other hand I also don't want to die in a ditch from the heat.  I've got no money to join the gym and no alt. child care so. . . I guess I'll start buying a cold sports drink midway and be as smart about timing as I can.

Rockville Rotary Twilight Runfest

Since it had rained all day long before the race was set to start Saturday night I was not sure I wished to actually participate in the 8K Rockville Twilight run until right before it started.  As just over 900 people ran and they had issued bib numbers for over 2400 it would appear other runners had reservations about running in the wet weather.  Fortunately by the time the run started it had settled down to a light mist off and on leaving it a lot cooler then it could have been so that the temperature was reasonably comfortable for running.

The run was fun with friendly runners, volunteers, and residents.  The course was well lighted as we ran around the residential streets, on closed off parts of the main road, in parking lots, and around the Montgomery collage Rockville campuses.  They had plenty of water available before, during, and after the race.  The course had only moderate hills so that was nice.  At one point in the race they had people playing live on drums and guitar.  I set a slow steady pace so although I did not run it very fast I felt that I could have gone on longer if I needed to at the end of the race.