Today's long run was another 8 miles as a slight taper from last week. Next week is 10, then I leap to 12 after that. I was a bit concerned that 8 miles was going to be my cursed distance, particularly after the last 8 miles and because the weather today was back in the hot/humid range. I remember that during the summer of 2007, 6 miles was my cursed distance. Every time I tried to run 6 miles, something went wrong, like it got too hot or something (honestly, I can't remember what the other ones were now, but for some reason my 6-mile runs just never quite went well). But today wasn't so bad. The start of the run was overcast at least this time and once the sun was up, things were okay as long as I stayed in the shade. Fortunately, much of where I run is shady, so it wasn't such a major issue. Things were less fun in the sunny parts -- particularly at the point where I turned around to go back today, which is a double whammy since it is sunny and up a Florida hill. However, it was still not awful.
I am pretty knocked out today, though, more than I usually am on Sunday. I'm not sure if that is from running too hard or from the weather change, but I'm glad that tomorrow is a day off. A well-earned day off no less. Probably the lesson here is to not run so fast in heat, but hey, at least I am still trying!
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