It's been rainy for a while now, so when I went this afternoon the air was cool and humid. I only walked once, for 30 seconds. I should be using this pace once I start doing some REAL runs.

I was thinking about doing Shorty, but the sky was ominous and the thunder fast approaching. It was POURING when I got out of the shower.

I ran this route yesterday, but it was so terrible that I didn't even bother logging it. I had just gotten up at around 11:30, so three bad things were in place: my legs were still sleepy, I wasn't hydrated enough at all, and it was WAY too hot out. I walked a hell of a lot and all told, only ran about 21 minutes total. My legs felt terrible.

But I felt like a new man today! Perfectly normal run, nothing out of the ordinary. Still pretty hot, but not at all as bad as it was before. I made sure to keep a good pace (a bit slower than I could be going, maybe, but I was still sort of apprehensive after yesterday). I even skipped songs on my iPod if I knew they would make me speed up too much. I guess that's why I managed a 8:52(ish) pace. Speaking of which, I added 40 seconds to what my watch said for the extra-long breaks I took.

Hot! I started at around 9:15, but it was already 83 degrees (85 with humidity). I felt okay though. I was encouraged after yesterday. My route this morning intersected with that of the DHS cross-country team this morning (scheduled summer practices, that bites). Oddly enough, out of the three people I saw, one was Matt, a coworker from Bruster's. Too bad he caught me walking while my watch caught up with me (it hadn't restarted after I crossed a street or something).

I felt pretty bad on this one. Probably a combination of not running too much during the vacation and the fact that when I did run, it was mostly flat. Plus, it was super hot today and I ran at about 1 pm. So yeah, bad.