Weekend of hot and cold

I noticed a bit of a scratchy throat on Friday night. I knew what was coming because my daughter had a cold for a few days already. Saturday morning's run wasn't bad as I did an easy pace with the local meet up. I hung with New Guy so he wouldn't get lost and because he was going a comfortable pace for me, especially after Friday's tempo run.

I was a bit surprised though that New Guy wore headphones during our run. And the music was loud enough I could hear it too, though I couldn't really identify the songs. No worries, if you like music while you run, great. But I'm not sure he realized how loud he was talking. Probably because of the headphones I didn't ask too many questions so neither of us yelled too much.

Saturday afternoon I got this text from another running buddy: "I'm thinking 10 - 12 miles @ 8:30 pace tomorrow morning. You in or are you a wimp?" Well, I couldn't reply to that with an excuse. "Ain't no wimps here. See you at 7:30," I responded. By 10pm that night my nose had started to get plugged and I was quite tired. But I got up Sunday morning, got ready and took some Sudafed.

The temperature said 77, but the intense sun, humidity and lack of wind made it feel hot and muggy. We kept a steady pace and didn't push it. Neither of us carried water, but around mile 6 we found some sprinklers. A quick break to soak our heads and do our best to swallow some was refreshing. We closed the loop at the 10 mile mark and called it good. Average pace turned out to be 8:21.

Monday is a well-timed rest day. Hopefully I am over the worst part. I plan to do some intervals tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. Stay cool out there everybody.