Another Hot One

it was another hot one this evening. i walked outside and the face of my watch fogged up with condensation. i ran out here by the house and once again it seemed all uphill, 5 miles of it. the hills really get my heart rate up and my calves cramping. i did have to stop and walk and drink twice, once at 2.0 miles and then again at 3.0 miles, but i did finish more than a minute/mile faster than my last 5 miler. i talked to a close friend the other day whose wife runs. he told me that after they had their second child, she has slowed down. she has been running 9-10 miles, pushing a side by side stroller and doing 7.10 minute miles. anyway. here are the splits from today:

.5= 5.40 163
1.0= 5.17 10.57 174
1.5= 5.10 16.08 178
2.0= 5.17 21.26 177
2.5= 6.04 27.30 173
3.0= 5.35 33.06 175
3.5= 5.10 38.16 173
4.0= 5.53 44.10 172
4.5= 5.24 49.93 174
5.0= 4.49 54.24 175

the last half, even a very small uphill felt like a huge mountain and was very hard. at one point i was needing some inspiration so i pictured todd and jeff about 100 yards ahead of me, then i wanted to quit. so i readjusted and then pictured them about 10 yards ahead of me, struggling just as hard as i was, that helped.

thought of the day: push hard, but not too hard in the heat. take a few extra breaks to drink and lower your heart rate.