Running With Jack

Last night I took advantage of the warm (31C/88F), sunny, humid weather to get in some heat training in preparation for my 50-mile race in 2-1/2 weeks. While most non-runners hid in their offices, homes, or favourite biergarten, I took to the streets and knocked out a two-hour run on the asphalt bike trails in my area.

I can only hope that the 50-mile race is a cool 20C/68F like last year, and not 37C/99F like it was several years ago – because last night I was sweating buckets and could feel the energy being sucked from my body, whew! It took me about five minutes longer to complete the roughly 20K run than the night before when I ran mostly in the cooler woods.

The training run had to be, he who does not train in the heat will get beaten by the heat on race day! I hope there are several more hot days before the race!