With highs around 90 and high humidity, I have few choices but to run in the early morning--that is, if I want to run outdoors. Today I was up at 6 a.m., arriving at Forbidden Drive around 6:20. The air temperature seemed to be around 70, but the humidity was noticeable.
I had planned to run five miles, alternating between three-minute runs and one-minute walk breaks. As I approached the two-mile point, though, I revised my plan downward, deciding to settle for a four-mile run. I was disappointed, but setbacks like these force me to analyze what went wrong, a potentially fruitful endeavor, I think.
Was it the humidity? I don't think so. It's more likely that I hadn't had enough sleep last night. (I'm fighting drowsiness as I write this.) I had trouble getting to sleep early enough. My body clock currently seems to be calibrated to get to bed sometime after 11 p.m., so I need to readjust to an earler bed-time. I also ran too fast, a problem that also afflicted me on my previous run.
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