Like the other Oklahoma runners, I've been struggling with the heat. Summer has hit pretty hard for early June, and it's been really humid too which makes it that much worse. I've been waiting until fairly late to run, but it will still be in the upper 80's (if not warmer) around 8pm. I ran Sunday and Monday evenings, 4 and 3 miles respectively. Both days, I felt pretty good starting out, but after a couple of miles, the heat really started to get to me.
Then Wednesday evening I didn't get out to the park until around 8:30. The temp was around 85 with a breeze and really didn't feel to bad, but the humidity was over 60%. Still, after the first two miles I really caught a groove and had one of those runs where it just seems like you're cruising effortlessly. I ran 5 miles averaging under 9 minutes/mile and really felt like I could keep going, but it was getting kind of late, and I needed to go home and shower still. When I finished I was almost as wet as if I had jumped in a pool, but I really felt good. Additionally, my ongoing sore ankle didn't bother me during the run and was just a little sore yesterday. It seems to slowly but surely be getting better.
In other news, the Oklahoma City Art Center has a Midnight 5K in August which I'm really thinking I'd like to run in. Seems like it would be fun and something to look forward to.
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