Let's backtrack for a moment - I ran Saturday morning, intending to do 8 miles but settling for 6. It wasn't that the temperature was so hot, but that the humidity was so stinking high. It was probably 78 degrees, but the humidity was 77%, and the sky was cloudless so the sun was shining nice and bright. My other (lame) excuse for stopping was that going 6 miles brought my total to 18 for the week, an increase of 8 miles over the week before. The extra couple of miles wouldn't have made that much difference over the long haul.
Plus this week I'm back to running four times a week. I expect the overall mileage to increase by another 8 miles. I know that goes against what the experts say ("increase your mileage by no more than 10% from week to week"). I think I can handle it, though, since I haven't been a complete and total couch potato lately. Just not at the top of my game. Today I would have run even if I wasn't a runner. The temperature was 73 degrees and the sky was overcast, plus there was a slight breeze from the northeast. That has to b e the lowest temperature I've run in since Spring. It was refreshing, and since this was an easy run I kept it slow. Tomorrow I'm hoping to try some speedwork again.
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