I did a bit of googling in light of this weekend's warm temperatures on the east coast (and apparently in Oregon as well). Found this on Galloway: http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/tips_archives/seasonal.html Adjusting Race Pace for Heat: Estimated temperature at finish - Slower than goal pace - 8 min mile becomes... 55-60 degrees - 1% - 8:05 60-65 degrees - 3% - 8:15 65-70 degrees - 5% - 8:25 70-75 degrees - 7% - 8:35 75-80 degrees - 12% - 8:58 80-85 degrees - 20% - 9:35 Above 85 degrees - Forget it... run for fun To be fair, this doesn't specify the length of the race but it certainly explains how hard the running was this weekend.

By Tuesday, weather in the DC area is supposed to be low's in the 50's, high's in the 70's. Can't wait. The weather this weekend SUCKED.

So that makes my 9:30 pace in my half marathon really a 8:00 pace. Thanks Dave, that makes me feel better. You were still able to hold on to a decent pace for your long run though, right? Here's hoping for a cooling trend... I am running 20 this weekend and then a 20 mile race the weekend after that.

94 today 90 freaking 4 The only thing that helps is that as fall approaches it is cool in the morning here so if the marathon were today it would have been 50 at the start and 75 at the finish. 94 isnt until 4 pm or so.