It must have sprinkled right before I left the house this morning since the streets and sidewalks were darker than normal, but not slick. They dried quickly and the air felt like soup. As I write this, at mid-afternoon, the humidity is 56% and adding ten degrees to the air temperature. When I ran, the humidity had to be at least 10% higher. The first couple of miles went okay and when I reached my turnaround point at 2.5 miles I was sweating like crazy. I saw a friend and walked with him for a half-mile before resuming my run. I went over 5.5 miles total, and I have to say that last mile I walked and ran as the spirit took me at any particular moment. The heart rate was up a little bit at that point and I decided I wasn't out to set any records, so pushing to the point of exhaustion seemed like a bad idea. Let's just say I felt like a bucket of sweat by the time I arrived home and a nap in the hammock seemed like the right thing to do. So, I did. Glad I went for a run, as usual, but it certainly felt like spending a bunch of time in a sauna.
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