Hill Route.
Parked at Randolph School early and ran .65 to my dad's house to fill my water bottle up with some nice, fresh, hot, hose water. Yum! Then I ran a different way back to the school to wait on my runner girls for a killer hill workout. 1.25 total at 8 min pace.
Then the 3.5 mile hill route started. I was already dragging. It was SOOOOOO hot yesterday. Whew! I do believe that is the hottest I've been on a run all summer. I felt like I was dripping in sweat (I was), but when the run was over 2 of my friends commented that I wasn't sweating much. I have such hydration issues. I drank an entire water and gatorade when we got back to the car. I carried my handheld with me (something I haven't been doing lately on runs shorter than 5 miles), but didn't drink from it at all.
The heat was brutal, so we walked the hills but ran everything else. There are 4 major hills on the route. My friend, Jen, and I took the lead and stayed there the entire time. But, every time we got to a hill we would wait for our friends to catch up. I wonder how much faster we would've finished if we hadn't waited on them.
I left a to-go sized portion of banana pudding in my car during the 2ish hours I was out with my friends (that includes going to my dad's and lots of socializing time). It was around 100* outside, so I hate to think what the temp in my car was. I didn't really want the banana pudding before the run, but decided after the run that is sounded tasty. That probably wasn't the smartest thing! I haven't gotten sick, but my stomach has felt queasy for several hours now. Yippee! | 