I did a bad bad thing

I just ran 5.14m in 85 degree sun.

I did not bring water.

I only walked .5 miles at the 2.25 mile mark.

I am dehydrated, my legs are pissed and I'm certainly low on electrolytes. I gulped down about 2 quarts of water as soon as I got inside the gym... and I'm drinking a pint of "Well Being" by Naked Food-Juice. I will consume a banana next.

its not that the run was too long for me, but I just did it wrong. Not being well hydrated before I went out... eating too soon before I exercised (which caused the stitch in my side that necessitated the .5 mile walk in the middle) and doing a full upper body lifting session before an hours worth of cardio under the blazing mid-day sun just didn't add up to a good running experience.

I'm glad its over.

And I was slow too. 58:19 for 5.14 miles is SLOW... seriously slow. Not that there is anything wrong with slow. Slow is fine really, its just depressing when you wonder if you're wasting your time because you run so damned slow. I hesitate to even call it running when I'm that slow. More like leisurely jogging... only it didn't FEEL leisurely, it felt hard, and hot and crappy.

Oh, and I think my shoulders might be a tad pink. DAMNED SUN!

It was a good reminder, tho, that I really shouldn't run in the middle of the damed day when its 85 degrees out!!! Summer is a fine time for BEING outside, its a hellofa time for exercising outside. So morning runs when its gonna be a scorcher will become the will of the weather... and of my delicate and as yet non-cancerous skin.

Posted by Lexy at June 4, 2004 02:39 PM