10 on the treadmill

Dary went out of town camping this weekend, and since I didn't want to be out on the trail by myself at the crack of dawn (the trailhead is behind an old casino, I'm just uncomfortable there by myself), I decided I would have to tackle my long run on the treadmill. I managed to get through the 10 miles in about 2:11, give or take; I stopped a couple of times because of some technical difficulties...with my iPhone (it was plugged into my TV so I could watch Bizarre Foods re-runs). And being in the garage, it was hot (the car said 94 degrees). I have a small swamp cooler, but it really just made things more humid than cool. Then my fan just seemed to blow hot air; the net result was a run in the wind, with high humidity and a temp of 94 degrees. Lovely. But I made it.

The Goofy Path: Rolling with the punches

Today I did a 10-miler on the River Mountains Trail. I started at around 6:25am, at a temperature of around 91 degrees. By the time I was done, around 9am, it was 96 degrees. I had to walk most of the last 2 miles; the heat really overwhelmed me, something I wasn't expecting, especially since the first 3 miles felt so great and I was very comfortable at my goal pace of 5.5mph. I don't want to start increasing my long run until I can run the 10 miles under 2 hours; I was just 2 minutes short of my goal last week, but this week things really fell apart.

As I sit here drinking a chocolate milk and filling my tub with icy cold water for my recovery, I am worried about the Goofy Challenge. Dary is still injured; we don't know what is going on, he's seen 3 different doctors. If he can't start training soon, I'm afraid he'll have to opt out, and I'm note sure I'm interested in trying to do this on my own. It was as much about doing something together, as a couple, as it was about anything else.