Long run Friday
I took off all week — with the holiday mixed in it’s the first time I’ve been off work for more than a week since I got married seven years ago. (Minus that part of being unemployed a few years ago.) So instead of doing anything normal with running this week, I ran on a Tuesday in Ohio for one more flat run and shifted my long run from the weekend to today.
The sun was trying to burn through the clouds this morning.
That’s right, a Friday. I did mid-week long runs in winter 2010 and loved it, but for marathon training it’s tough to do long runs on a week day.
I got in 12 miles today and head into the weekend having 25.4 miles for the week. I actually have more than 35 miles in a 7-day span by moving my long run.
Today’s run, though, was not really about the miles or how fast or slow I was. It was dreadfully humid today — 96 percent humidity and 70 degrees at the start, 92 percent humidity and 72 degrees at the finish.
After running my dog for a few miles, I grabbed a frozen water bottle to help keep me cool. It was some much-needed relief that I think saved me from quitting on this run. I drank 32 ounces of water on the run, which doesn’t include a little bit before I headed out and some on a pit stop when I dropped Duke off.
To beat the weather today is yet another victory in my early part of training for the Baltimore Marathon. With another short run later this weekend, I will have three solid weeks of training under by belt with some awesome runs. Next week will be a recovery week with fewer miles, but a race mixed in with the Percival’s Island 5 Miler. I definitely couldn’t have asked for a better start to my training.
Here’s a look at today’s very up and down run around Bedford:
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Great run, David. As much as we dread the humidity, it's another training tool that makes us stronger for those nice fall days that are coming up in a few months. You're putting together some strong mileage - 35 miles in 7 days is very impressive!
I like your maps of your runs, the routes look so weird, you run down dead ends? I dislike out & back so much I'd rather go around a full block.
Another great week of training in the books!
Yeah, I run down a few dead end streets, but because of the nature of the hills, it never feels like it's out and back. Give me an out and back flat race course, though, and I'll hate it.