June 28, 4 Miles, 2 Tired Legs

today was the third day in a row that i ran because i pushed my monday run to tuesday and i have a long run on saturday that i can't miss so i didn't want to run on friday. i could tell my legs were a little tired. i climbed up the hill to 2.5 miles and made it 5 seconds faster than yesterday. once again after coming back down the hill is when my legs felt most tired. today i ran 4 miles in 39:45, a 9:56 pace. not to mention it was about 96 degrees when i started and 94 when i finished. i thought it would have been cooler since i waited until 7:40pm to begin the run. but i could tell something was going on because i was having a hard time breathing. once again i finished just as it was getting dark. thought of the day: i am not sure why cars do not slow down or get over further when they see a runnner running on the road. i try to stay really close to the white line when i see a car coming and sometimes run on the shoulder if it looks ok. some cars do slow down and get over a good way, but most cars just barely get to the yellow line and don't slow down. i don't think it would slow them down very much to decrease their speed a little for a very short distance. i guess people are just in a hurry and are a little selfish. guess it is something we as runners have to deal with if we want the benefits of running on a road.