[116] Is it getting hotter?

ORN:  Today, I ran 4 miles in 40'58".  The weather was a balmy 83° with 78% humidity, which made for lots of laughs.  Breathing was like 40 minutes of having your head locked in the armpit of that fat kid who used to shake you down for lunch money back in school.  Planning ahead for these crappy conditions, I drank about a liter and a half of water before my workout.  I was a little sloshy, but I didn't die of heat stroke either.

 

Running in heat like that gives me a headache.  Is that weird?

 

You may have noticed that I haven't been doing the FIRST plan lately.  That's because of my recent injury and time off.  I didn't want to take two weeks off and then jump right back into doing 3x1600 intervals.  Seemed like a dumb idea.  So, last week and this week, I've been rebuilding my base; next week, I re-start FIRST with the first week of marathon training for Chicago.  I'm both looking forward to it and not.  Pro: I like being on a plan.  Con: running fast in this heat will suck.  I'm going to have to get up early and run before work, otherwise the heat will kill me and I'll never run my target paces.