Done

We attempted our last long run last night. It was less than ideal conditions. The bank thermometer said 89 degrees. Plus the winds were incredibly gusty. If we were going head on into the wind, I wasn't entirely sure we were moving forward. Luckily the route we did (same as last week) didn't have many spots where we met the wind head on (No Mike, I did not plan it that way). I forgot to turn my Garmin back on a couple of times, but I am pretty sure Tom and I got in 3:30 and 21 miles.

It was a TOUGH run. For the first 5 miles I seriously did not think I was going to make it to the finish. It was so dang HOT. I made it to Kwik Trip and continued my new long run tradition of getting a Diet Mtn Dew. Nothing tastes as good as a ICE COLD Dew in the middle of a LONG HOT run! After that I felt much better. I am sure it was the DEW and not the fact that the it got cloudy (no more sun) and a storm front came in dropping the temperature at least 15 degrees AND the wind temporarily died down.

I think the Succeed! Caps I used helped a lot. I have to admit it was also due to Tom hanging in there with me. Christy and Katie understandably succumbed to the heat and wind about 3/4 of the way done. I am sure Rom said a lot of funny stuff, but the morning afterwards it feels like I did that whole run drunk and not in a fun way. My memory is a bit spotty on everything that happened. So, I will give Tom the benefit of the doubt and assume he was VERY funny.

What I am really bummed about is that I expected to fall into a deep sleep. NOT. It may have had something to do with the Diet Sun Drop I slammed waiting for Jim to come pick us up. But was probably more related to my body aching the whole night. I guess I get to look forward to a a nap this afternoon!

After my miserable run today (AGAIN!) I am really hoping that I don't feel like the runner in the below video at the end of our 3:30 run on Friday!

Wendy didn't get scared off today and she was rewarded by being rained on! Good luck to Sandy in her bus trip to D.C. with 5 buses of middle schoolers! Just goes to show that if you can run a marathon, you can do anything!

Training methods

I heard a little complaining that we didn't run hills this morning. I am always open to requests, but I didn't hear any! A coach's job is a thankless one!

Here is a workout method that you will NEVER hear me suggest we do in order to get faster. No matter how much Mike begs and bribes me, I will NOT "just do it".