It was 85 degrees outside at noon. Too hot to run. But I really wanted to get back out there and see what I could do. I finally dragged myself out there by about 1:00, and it was scorching. It was 88 here on the coast and about 93 just a few miles inland from here (and right where I was heading on my run). I drank a bunch of water before starting, but I still ran both my water bottles empty by the time I hit the 3 mile mark. It wasn’t just hot, it was dry.

There are two schools of thought when running in extreme heat. One says try to walk when you can’t be in the shade, so you don’t over do it. The other says walk when you’re in the shade to achieve maximum cooling. I think I subscribed to both schools of thought today, because I was always walking and almost never running. Did I mention it was hot? Oh yeah, and I was really sore from that run two days ago. I didn’t feel like I pushed hard or anything, but I was really sore out there today.