5 mile run with T

It's been a few months since my last night-run with Teresa. We ran our old route which brought back memories of when Shannon was still living here.

The heat was relentless. No wind to speak of and the sun directly at our face for the first half of the run. T stuck some G-rades in the freezer before we left which offered encouragement to get back. 2 miles into our run we realized that we would need water alot sooner than we'd planned. We ran into her mom's neighborhood, knocked on her door and begged for water. It offered a nice break but made it more difficult to return to the heat. I enjoyed the conversation as usual which always motivates me and makes me look forward to every run. We finished those 5 miles dripping with sweat with a layer of salt on us. We enjoyed our chilled orange G-rade and made plans to run later in the evening next time.

running hills in Atlanta

The picture just doesn't do it justice. 80 degree heat at 7am this hilly run was one of the most difficult I've done this year. This Atlanta neighborhood had steap hills which offered very little time of recovery between them. My calves and back end was on fire. I initially planned to do 5-6 miles until I soon realized that my heart rate staying in the red zone would make for a very miserable longer run. I ran 3.5 miles which felt more difficult than our 13 miles on Saturdays on the flat Florida trails. As I'm posting this blog 3 days after this run my calves are still on fire. I need to do a run like this more often. My next run away from home will be California. Looking forward to 60 degree weather for those runs!

saturdays longer run

Balmiest (if that's a word) morning thus far this year fo sho! Started our run at 6:15am. Andrew, T and I decided 6 would be a good distance considering that Andrew hadn't run consistent for 2 weeks and T has Dunedin Tri tomorrow. I was relieved actually since later today I will be at the gym for my first instructional work out with Dana. We will be hitting the weights. I won't note all the uncomfortable moments of heat we experienced along the way. More memorable was the laughing at ourselves and light-hearted convo. No husband/male bashing today so the pace was slow and steady, although Andrew did mention he wanted to do some w-punching, LOL. Oh the memories we will have for years to come. Here is how it all went down:

Mile 1: 9:31
Mile 2: 9:18
Mile 3: 9:27
Mile 4: 9:24
Mile 5: 9:32
Mile 6: 9:30

Total time: 56:42, burned 540 cal (which I ate more than that after my run :)