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It's a wet, wet heat...
Today was Barefoot Run Thursday and even though I headed out right at sunrise the heat was already climbing into the 80's and the humidity was thick as a brick at 85% (74 dewpoint). What is this - August? If this is any indication, I hate to see what the dog days of summer are going to be like.
- Mile 1 - 8:51
- Mile 2 - 9:13
- Mile 3 - 9:13
To say I was sweating profusely would have been an understatement. I was my own little weather system and the forecast called for a soaking thanks to the sweat storm. Dang, someone hand me a salt lick. All things considered, it was still a nice run. I even incorporated some hills.
I wish that were the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Using the term "hill" may be a little misleading and perhaps the term "randomly short incline" would be more appropriate. The soccer field I run at is in a bowl because it serves two purposes: a place for me to run (because I am that special) and also as a drainage facility during heavy rains.
There is a reward for scaling the incline (do you see what I did there? I used the word "scaling" to make my "trek" up the randomly short incline seem much more impressive than it really was) and that is downy soft grass. Oh the feetsies love that action. It's like a spa day for the feet (Did I just say that out loud?). Shoot, give me 26.2 miles on that surface and I'll give you a PR, barefoot!
Help Me
If any of you fine folks have run in either Minneapolis or Duluth, Minnesota and know of any good DIRT running trails, please let me know. I'll be up yonder over the 4th and would like to get a couple of runs in. Unfortunately, my knee is not ready for concrete or blacktop so it's either dirt or grass for awhile. Thank you in advance.
Listening to: 21 Guns - Green Day
Posted mourning for bug nation which just lost hundreds of comrades to drowning in my sweat
