Pouring Rain and 100% Humidity Suck
Saturday’s long run was supposed to be 17 miles – I squeaked out 16.25 and it was an effort to not stop after about 10.
Julie and I decided to do the second loop of our scheduled run at 6:00 am. We knew that an outer band of rain from Hanna would be greeting us, and it was definitely a downpour – much worse than the rain in Stowe. It sucked, but it wasn’t really that bad – because at least it was cool.
We ran a little less than 4 miles and were dripping wet when we arrived at the MIT building where we meet the rest of the group. I dried off as best I could with the bathroom paper towels. We didn’t leave for the second part of our run until 8 or so, and by then of course I was feeling a little chilly. Not to worry though, because I heated up really quickly when we went outside.
The rain had stopped, but the humidity was so bad and the air so thick I could hardly breathe. It. Was. Horrible. The first mile in I knew I was going to miserable. Luckily every once in awhile it rained a little, which helped. The sweat was just pouring off of me. I just had no energy whatsoever on the loop back to the Mass Ave bridge. It was all I could do to force one foot in front of the other.
Julie walked across the bridge with me back to Boston and I headed home from there. I walked down Mass Ave and turned onto Tremont, stopped at Starbucks for a well-deserved iced non-fat latte and got home a little before noon. My Garmin read 16.25 miles, and I couldn’t go another step further.
I took an ice bath and relaxed the rest of Saturday – enjoyed the House marathon on USA. Yesterday my legs weren’t too sore, but we just went for a walk in the morning.
So, overall I’m feeling fairly defeated. Physically, I am just not sure I’m going to be able to complete the marathon. I am fine up until 14 miles or so and then it all goes to shit. I don’t know if it was the weather that brought me down, or that I didn’t follow my run/walk plan since I was with Julie – we haven’t run together the last couple of weeks, and I’ve been running ½ mile and then walking for a minute. I think what I’m going to have to do is run on my own on Saturday (18 miler) to see how it goes. I'm going to have to make a decision in the next couple of weeks to stick with the full or drop down to the 1/2.
On another topic, my boss is headed to London tomorrow night for the remainder of the week - always good news! Hopefully that means things won't be too crazy - can't count on it though.
Hope everyone had a nice weekend!
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