Ran today on the treadmill at the gym. Wow! Indoors, air conditioning, dry air, no sun...sweet! I ran almost 3 minutes PER MILE faster with about the same heart rate as outside in the heat. Felt great to run more quickly and recover immediately. Guess I should take a break from the heat once a week to remind myself how fast I can be...or at least break the spell this darn heat wave has cast on me. It's easy to get discouraged. Today I feel good. Tomorrow I'm due for another long run in the heat. In the middle of that run, I need to remember how I feel today.
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I'd say think Badwater BUT that is a dry heat.
Yeah, at least at Badwater you feel cooler when you spray yourself down...and sweating actually works. Now it's just a swamp out there.
Wow! That's an incredible difference between your "heat" heart-rate and your "air conditioned" HR. I don't do HR monitoring, so it's a good reminder to see someone's actual results like that. Makes me feel a little better about all my slow outdoor runs lately. :)
I was back to really slow outdoor running on Saturday. Finished my 18 mile long run (temps hit 90 at the end) and I was walking a lot--averaged 11 minute pace per mile!
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