Summer is CLEARLY here now, and so is the heat and the humidity. As I waded through the sauna like run today, I thought about how to pace myself. When the heat is like this, you don't want to go full out hard on a run. You need to pace yourself.
I was armed with water and a gel. Off I went on the Monon. I wanted to run between 45 minutes to an hour. I knew this would not be a fast run.
In my head I was working on staying at an easy pace. For me, I thought that should be a 15:15 pace. At the half way point, I was averaging a 15:25 pace. So now here is the issue; am I good with that, or do I pick it up a bit. I opted to pick it up.
At one point I was running at 14:04. Way too fast, and my body was telling me the heat would soon get me if I kept that up. I eased up, and just focused on running comfortable. This worked well, and in the end, I did 3.23 miles in a 15:00 pace. So while I was still ahead of goal pace, I wasn't tired or dehydrated.
I felt this was a pretty successful run.
Charlie
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