7.12.17 What's Up Wednesday!

Did they find you on the roof of the Mirage, Kim?

I have a brick this afternoon. Forecast of 97. Should be fun!

Have a great day.

Well... I haven't got "back to routine" since my "A race" 5-1/2 weeks ago.  It has been recovery week for over a month now.  I have been reduced to just 2-3 work outs a week.  

The only bright spot was that I was the over all winner of my July 4th 5K race out of 600 people.  You don't get a lot of perks living in rural Oklahoma (i.e. no running stores, no bike shops, no group rides, no smooth roads to ride on if you did have group rides, no tri clubs, no running clubs, no masters swimming classes, no lap swimming pools, etc for 50+ miles) but you do get to be the big fish in the little pond.  

I did get out and run today.  At 5:45 I did 10 x 400m repeats with a mile warm-up and mile cool down.  

It was pretty warm for 5:45 AM.  When it is 80 degrees at that time of the day I am glad that I am not doing afternoon runs.  

Oh...I did sign up for a 70.3 race in September because I thought it would motivate me to get "back to Routine".  Well I am easing into.  :-)

My freshman year of college I red shirt for the University of Wyoming Track team.  My family lived in Oklahoma and so do a lot of travel back and forth between triple digit heat at low altitude and and 7200 feet above seal level and the cooler temperature that comes with that.  The heat was was harder to run in.  You should be well prepared for your race. You are doing things right.