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Originally posted by nicole14e

Originally posted by aviatrix802 Mike and Nicole, please tell me humidity drops just a little by mid September. Haha (nervous chuckle).

Do you want us to tell you the truth or that the humidity drops? j/k, it should be a bit better by September. I think it's generally a little cooler down there, probably high 70s to 80s. Humidity shouldn't be so bad. It's mostly July and August (and this year also June apparently, yay climate change :-/ ) that are really humid here.

September is typically the driest month here in Maryland, unless we get some tropical weather like remnants of a hurricane or something (which impacted IMMD a few years ago).  If you get normal weather you're looking at mid 70s with a breeze (always windy there).  Should be wetsuit legal, too.  The run can be a little hot because it's so open, but you shouldn't get horrible humidity.

Changing running mechanics is very difficult.  I find that our bodies self-select a running gait / cadence that supports our body mechanics and limitations.  I'm almost 6'4" and I have a comically slow cadence (like 75/minute).  Several years ago I tried really hard to push that to the mid-80s at it caused more problems than it solved.

You were a sprinter/speed runner earlier in your career, right?  That type of running pushes for high knees (pulling up with the hip flexors) to have a quicker turnover and stride length, which isn't particularly efficient but it doesn't matter for those short distances.  When going fast there's no real recovery part of the stride, but when distance running you'll need that recovery and maybe your experience has auto-wired you to remain tense/taut throughout the running stride.

TdF challenge complete...about 480 miles over the 21 rides in 23 days.  Just a tad less than last year, but I feel like I raced a little better.  The final stage was racing around Paris on the Champs-Ellyesses course, which is a blast and then later in the day I watched it live.  I didn't have the best race tactics-wise and had nothing left for my sprint, but it was a good race overall. 

Taking a bit of a recovery week than aquabike training time - race is in 9 weeks.

Yeah, the figure 8 gets boring eventually, no?

I used to do a VO2 max / hill workout there you could try...start at the crossroads in the middle of the park, then head southwest on the main road (towards the fancy playground), up the hill and to the fountain.  It's just over a half mile and the grade forces your pace down about :30/mile.  Walk down the Baltimore Street side to the crossroads and repeat until you hit your mileage mark.

Here's the Strava segment:  https://www.strava.com/segments/8226842

And I'm faster in kilometers! 

Recovery week so far:  day off Monday, short bike, treadmill and swim Tuesday, hour-long easy ride today.  Slept like the dead last night so I think I'm releasing that built-up fatigue (it usually takes a few days for me).  My swim yesterday was at our community pool which is about 100 feet from my front porch.  They don't open until noon and there aren't any lap lanes but I'll be using it to get some short (600-1K) swims in for frequency (makes a big difference for me).