Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday

Okay, the second day of the week -- yipee!!  I just want to express myself about yesterday rather than today since I did not get a chance to get online and blog about my run.  As you know, Texas is a pretty HOT state.  What I mean is, I'm from South Florida and I know what HOT is, but Texas heat is a little different.  It's dry and intense.  When I complain about the heat and people ask me where I'm from and I say South Florida, they laugh because they think I should know what HOT weather is like.  Granted, it's humid as hell in South Florida, but this is a lot different than Texas heat.  I'm not sure most of you know that I am not a long-time runner.  I literally started running about 13 months ago and running in the Summer was a lot tougher than I thought it would be.  Anyway, to get back to how HOT Texas is, yesterday was my first 90 degree run.  Since I did not get up in the morning to run, which was a big mistake because it was so cool, I ran after work.  A few key points to why I HATE running in the afternoon rather than the morning are as follows:
  • I feel like most of my energy is used to do my actual work and I have nothing left for a workout;
  • At 6:00 p.m., I want to go home, not to the trail so it messes up my train of thought;
  • It's the Spring/Summer season, the temperatures are going to get to 100+; and
  • When I finish my run, I come home and I have so much energy that I can't sleep when I'm supposed to.
Those are just a few things about running in the afternoons rather than in the mornings, but sometimes when I read over them, I just feel like I'm making excuses for myself.  But hey, at least I RAN and logged miles.  It's not about how many miles I run, it's about training myself to listen to my body as I run and work up to 13.1 miles.  This is the whole purpose of blogging about my runs.  Here I add a picture of me on the Lady Bird Lake Trail.  This was my half way point and I just wanted to share:

 Geared up with my glasses, headband and lovely MIAMI DOLPHINS SHIRT!  


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