Well the last two days have pretty much been a repeat of Friday....10 milers in 100 degrees....yesterday it was 1:23:06 and today it was 1:23:01......and of course Friday it was 1:23:05....call me Mr. 8:18 pace 10 miler running man...for now......pleased with the runs considering it has been more like mid August then mid May here in the sunshine state.........you ask why do I not get up earlier and run to avoid the heat....you did ask that right?
The answer is because on the weekends I like to take my time before I hit the road.....I get up during the week at around 5:30am.....run and go to work....and of course knock out some more miles on my lunch hour....since I am not a morning person....it is no small miracle that I do this.......if I were retired.....most days I would run around 9-10 in the morning......but I am a mere babe of 48 in July.......so it appears work still looms in my future for some years.
There is also a perverse part of me that likes to run in the dead heat of the day......those runs have a way of making you stronger if they do not kill you.