Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007
oppressive (adj) Definition: hot
Synonyms: airless, close, heavy, humid, muggy, overpowering, steam bath, steamy, sticky, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, sweat box, torrid
Yep that about sums it up. Call me a baby if you must, but this week of stifling (or suffocating or overpowering or torrid) heat combined with air quality that's worse than bad has been more than I could handle. Just walking home from the dog park this evening had me struggling to catch my breath.
Last night I asked a fellow dog park frequenter how he was doing. He replied, "I'm doing my best to think of anything else to talk about besides how bad the weather is." Several long seconds of silence, shuffling feet, racking our brains followed. Then he said, "So how are you running in this?"
Singing the praises of the treadmill, that's how. Sure my super-running boss is going out on a shady trail tonight, but I got my tempo run done inside, catching up on #756 on ESPN and the SC primary plans on CNN. I started out with the best of intentions: early start to work, early exit to get on the trail before the worst of the heat, then work from home the balance of the day. Instead, a record was set for the highest low temperature, I had a flat tire (nixing the early start, and the heat index was over 100 by 11 a.m. Now I'm looking forward to Sat. a.m. when, even if it's 85 at 6 a.m., I'll be out pounding some pavement.
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It's times like this that I repeat the mantra... a mile is a mile.
Congrats on getting the miles in on the TM.
I, on the other hand, scowl at my TM every time I think of getting on it. I've been running in the oppressive heat at 5am, shuffling along at a snail's pace. A TM run may actually be better for me.
85 at 6am??? You are a champ!
I can't do the TM. I have this problem...I fall off.
Enjoy you Sat run outside Karen. Way to log the miles on the TM.
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