Lessons Not Quite Learned

The high heat that we were expecting arrived yesterday, but the humidity won't arrive until today. We'll be seeing temperatures near 100 over the next few days, so I'll be constrained to running as close to 6 AM as I can.  This morning, then, I took the opportunity to get in one more run before the heat hits with its full force.

After Saturday's somewhat unsatisfying run on the yellow trail, I returned to the orange trail. One of the reasons I like the route that I've found is that it's easy to get in a six-mile run--not 5.75 or 6.3 or something like that.  Familiarity, too, pays psychic benefits when the heat or the humidity get too high.

I did not, however, do a good job of pacing myself today. I ran too hard early in my run, and I continued running hard when I got on the orange trail. Consequently, the first part of the run was less pleasant than it could have been. In fact, not until about the last third of my run did I begin to run comfortably, but that was the easy, downhill portion of the course. Note to self: focus more on pacing the next time you run the orange trail.

I did encounter four other runners on the orange trail. I'm surprised, in fact, that I see so few runners out there, even on weekends. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one using the trail for running.