9 miles

My longest run since I did a marathon in January (I think).  It felt good. Very humid, I think almost 100%.  I started out slow and the last couple of miles I tried to go a little faster.

Split	Time	Distance	Avg Pace
Summary	1:25:20.2	9.00	9:29
1	9:53.3	1.00	9:53
2	9:35.4	1.00	9:36
3	9:35.8	1.00	9:36
4	9:43.9	1.00	9:44
5	9:31.4	1.00	9:32
6	9:58.9	1.00	9:59
7	9:14.9	1.00	9:15
8	9:11.3	1.00	9:11
9	8:33.9	1.00	8:34
10	:01.4	0.00	8:19

I am pretty happy with this, especially the 8:34 final mile.  I am definitely on target to beat my time at last years Tower of Terror 10 Miler.  I just have to keep pushing myself.

so humid you can see it

I managed to pull myself out of bed.  It was so humid!  Up before the sun again.  A very slow, sluggish start, but towards the end of the run I felt better.  

You can see the humidity!

The lonely road.

My run, I am still very happy with the results.  Especially the last mile in 8:34.  Keep on truckin'!!

Split	Time	Distance	Avg Pace
Summary	36:56.6	4.00	9:14
1	9:45.6	1.00	9:46
2	9:32.7	1.00	9:33
3	9:04.7	1.00	9:04
4	8:33.7	1.00	8:34

second beginner tempo

I did.  I did say tomorrow.  I even had a dream that I was at work and had realised that I had forgotten to get up to go run!  I was so mad at myself.

But, it was only a dream and  I did get up and run.  I was a little scared as I had scheduled myself a 30 minute tempo run (stupid, I know).  This is still under the beginner category, so it was really 5 x 4 minutes at tempo pace.

Split	Time	Distance	Avg Pace
Summary	32:50.1	3.75	8:45
1	4:55.2	0.50	9:50
2	2:50.3	0.35	8:12
3	1:00.0	0.09	11:31
4	4:00.0	0.50	8:02
5	1:00.0	0.09	11:17
6	4:00.0	0.50	7:59
7	1:00.0	0.10	10:29
8	4:00.0	0.51	7:53
9	1:00.0	0.09	10:49
10	4:00.0	0.51	7:46
11	1:00.0	0.08	11:51
12	4:04.6	0.43	9:26

The splits from my Garmin.  Including a warm up and cool down.  I am so happy with the splits!  It was humid (94%) but not hot (73F).  My first was not 4 minutes, I thought I had not set my watch properly, and pressed some buttons and it finished that lap for me, so it was under.  But I improved on every interval.  Well done!  Big pat on the back for me.

It felt tough.  I was trying to not focus on my times, just run at a comfortably hard pace.  (I hate that, by the way, comfortably hard.  There is nothing comfortable about hard!).  I would look down to try and get an idea of what my pace is every now and then, but I really tried to run on feel.

Up before the sun!

procrastination

I had all intentions of getting up this morning, super early, to run.  The alarm went off, I looked at my phone for the weather, 74F and 92% humidity.  I thought, I will wait until the humidty drops, it should drop.  40 minutes later, I look again, the temperature is 76F with now 97% humidity, with the sun blazing.  I decided against running.

I know I should have gone.  Though, yesterday I changed my training plan slightly to follow my actual days off from work, so technically today is a rest day.  I did some of a Daily Hiit workout, then decided to go for a 2 mile run.  As soon as I went got out side of the door I decided not to run, but to give the Dog a good walk.  However, tomorrow it is it.  Tomorrow I will do it, no matter the humidity!

My 31 days of Fit is still going.  Sunday I didn't have a run scheduled in, the waves were ok (for Florida standards) and I got to surf.  Yesterday I went on an almost 6 mile bike ride with the Husband.

Do you use hot and humid weather as a reason not to run?  Or am I a wimp?