race day. didn't sleep too well. i got up almost every hour to go to the bathroom! at 7 am it was already 77 degrees and 80% humidity. yikes. by mile 4 i stopped looking at my watch. at mile 6 i started to really lose it and was getting a little delirious. at mile 8 i just completely shut it down. the course is a big out and back loop, so i had to get back one way or another. i very very very slowly jogged it in from there. the heat and humidity just really got the better of me today. never in a race have i been so happy to see the water stations. i did a pretty good job of cooling myself down and consuming water once i "shut it down" so by the time i got back, i wasn't in too rough of shape.
am i disappointed? of course. but i'm at a point in my life now where it's not worth it for me to dwell on a bad race. it just happens. the circumstances were mostly out of my control. there was nothing i could do about the way my body reacted to the heat. i am going to take a down week or two and then start to build up my base. i'll look for some fun summer races to jump in possibly.
run: 2 mile warm-up, 13.1 miles
time:
shoes: brooks defyance (175), brooks racer st (23)
week-to-date: 32
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