Many Steps

Somewhere there is the old saying about a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. The saying is absolutely true, however, I am not really starting out on a journey to complete a marathon, I've already done that. So instead I'll call this many steps.

I started a couple of weeks early on my training plan, which truthfully, I am still ironing out this past week. I ran my usual 5 miles Monday through Friday with some respectable times. The one thing I always forget about when training for a fall marathon is that have to run in the intense summer heat and humidity. This week was no exception and I was actually required to cut my run short by a mile and a half due to heat (a real bummer). No, not because I couldn't handle it, but because of the rules at a local military installation where I do my runs. It is often easier to just nod your head and say "okay" and run elsewhere. There is really no point in trying to convince someone that; yes, you are properly hydrated; yes, you have been training and are acclimated to the heat. But on the plus side, I found out that I could check out the heat status and restrictions online.

When I started to complain to someone about this afterwards, they said, "gee, did you really think it wasn't hot?"

Tomorrow I am going to run an 8 miler for my long run and do it early in the day when I shouldn't have too many problems with heat.