As I went to take Marlie for his morning walk, I grabbed my sweatshirt to put over a tank top, shorts, and flip flops since it is a cool, crisp day in September. NOT! I had to roll up my sleeves and was sweating by the end of the first road. It is so muggy!!! It was that way for our long run yesterday. We did 22 miles and ran for 1 hour in complete darkness to try and avoid some of the heat. It was 80-97% humidity with temperatures ranging from upper 60's to 70's. Hot, hot, hot! My goal was to maintain and survive and I did as I ran the whole 22 miles (not without complaining). Dustin said he did the "survivor shuffle" the last 2 miles...if you have ever ran a marathon either in high temps or when you have bonked you know exactly what this is!! I sure do (San Antonio 2008)!!! 22 miles is the longest we will run during training. This week we will finish with "race preparation" and next week starts our 2-week taper. After we ran we played 18 holes of golf at Rivercut with Mike and Nathan (Washam). It was fun, but Rivercut is hilly and gave our legs another nice workout. I'm not quite sure how Tuesday's speedwork will go - I have a feeling we will be a bit sore :)
~Aimee
P. S. No signs of fall, its too hot!!
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