Notes
91 deg / 45% H / 67 dew pt
Cycled 20 mi yesterday. Fast walked 1/2 mi & drills prior. Ran this at 10pm in the dark to "avoid the heat" and it was still 91 degrees! Very concerned abt the heat & getting too hot. No pain in either feet for first 10 min, felt a tinge of pain in left PF and then it went away. No Achilles issues but its still slightly tender. Felt like I was in a 'slow gear' throughout. Mile 1 was steady but could feel the heat, then slowed things down in mile 2 so that I could complete this given the energy drain w/the heat. Mile 3 was mostly uphill (fr Carnegie up to Fairview) and still felt good. Really began to "feel" this at around 3.5 miles as I could feel myself getting hot, felt my head getting hot, and the final 1/3 mile to 4 miles was in slow motion. Grabbed water bottle and the 1lb tub of lettuce I bought at Whole Foods prior and was ready to run final 1/2 mi, remembered I had a small bag of ice on the lettuce and put that on my head and it made a world of difference. After abt 1-2 min w/the ice on my head felt better and resumed -- now running w/a very bulky 1lb tub of lettuce in a paper bag w/that same bag of ice in my right hand. Will not be able to gauge fitness until temps get below equatorial levels.