It is 12 noon here in Germany and 35C/95F outside. It is 30C/86F in my office! My arms are sticking to my desk as I write, my shirt is soaked with sweat and I feel like taking a nap.
I don’t understan how I can run for hours when it is 99F outside, but over when it goes over 80F in my office I lose all motivation to do anything (except maybe complain).
My wife got lucky today, her organization asked for volunteers from the office workers to help organize the court records today – my wife jumped at it – the court records are located in the cool cellar in the court building where she works, yeah!
So I guess I will go home and take a short nap when I get home to get my mind back together. I want to do my long run tonight so I have at least one recovery day before my race on Sunday.
Speaking of which, I am running a half-marathon in Ubstadt-Weiher, a small town about 13K/8M north of where we live, at 9 a.m. on Sunday. The last couple mornings it has been 24C/75F at 6 a.m., so I can imagine it will be well over 80F by the time the races starts and pushing 90F by the time I finish. Luckily 80% of the race course is through the forest. We are also supposed to get rain on Sunday morning, so I imagine the humidity will be high – good thing I train in the heat and humidity.
Now if I can only find a cool place to work so I can get some work done.
Good luck with the half-marathon on Sunday. Have a great weekend.
It is just a half, you are an ultra, just take with you cold water and pour it as many times as you can on your head all along the race, that will give you some relief :)
Hey, make it hurt:) It is a tempo run after all!
Drink lots, salt tablets. Be smart out in a heat.
Best of luck on the half this Sunday!!
Good luck with your half. I'll bet it will seem like a short race...lol.
have fun with the HM!
it's 87 degrees in my living room. that's why I went back to work so quickly: air conditioning!
Yeah, I really don't know how these Southern kids do it - I'm melting by the time it hits 30 degrees. Makes scheduling in run time a lot trickier!
Good luck with the HM!