Back in the 813

I woke up this morning, took a look at the clock, saw that it read 9am, and thought, 'I'll just go running later.'  But within 15 minutes of actually getting up I was in my running clothes, ready to go.  It's funny just how much running can become a habit after a while.  There have actually been times where I just didn't feel like it at all, but I would get changed and ready, then go.  Trust me, I am not complaining because I'm pretty sure that there would be a lot of days where I wouldn't if I didn't have this habit (somewhat) engrained!

Then I stepped outside and immediately thought, 'UGH!'  Florida summer hit me head on.  And the thought of actually running in Florida summer was even more grim.  But whatever, I did it and survived, even if it wasn't the best thing ever.

However, I do have to say that I think I have adapted.  Certainly today's run was less torture than the ones when I first started this training program.  I'm still much slower than I would like, but Boston served as a good reality check that these times are not really accurate. 

In fact, I think that going a bit later might be the way to go.  Sure, the sun makes it hot, but it also helps burn off the humidity and I'm starting to wonder if that's not what my body is mostly reacting against during those 7am-8am runs.  The humidity is over 90% usually at that time, whereas later, it's at least in the 70%-90% range.  So I might try running slightly later because I do feel less like death today.  At the same time, it took a lot of grit to get through long parts of the run with sun -- there weren't too many, since I chose a pretty shady path, but when it came down to me versus Florida sunshine, it definitely tested my mettle.

Also, I must thank the new wicking visor, which I suspect helped a lot.  Certainly today felt much better than days when I ran with my old visor with the added bonus that it helped (to some extent) with shading me from that Florida sun.