Ew doggy! It was hot yesterday! I did the same exact run that I did on Monday and I managed to add five minutes to my time - which is a lot. Imagine that your goal is to run an eight-minute mile for five miles. This means that it would take you forty minutes to run that distance. Add just five minutes to that total time and suddenly you've dropped from an eight-minute mile to a nine-minute mile. I'm not training for an kind of elite race, but keep tracking of my time and distance is important. By tracking my daily workouts, even down to the time it takes to run, can display areas where I'm struggling or showing great improvement.
I have to set goals in order to reach any kind of meaningful outcome. These are day by day goals, not just the big race at the end of the season. Now with that said, on Monday we reached a high temperature of 76-degrees about the time I ran. Yesterday, I ran at the same time and the temperature was 80-degrees and it felt like I was running along River Road, in New Orleans! It was hot and sticky. Mid-way through the run I actually thought I was making better time than on Monday. Despite the heat, my feet kept up a great pace and I felt good. I was disappointed when I got home and looked at my time. So I mowed the lawn as punishment for that five-minute deficit.
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