I took advantage of slightly cooler weather and ran outside this morning. Here is what slightly cooler means:

Temp 79 degrees, humidity 89%, dew point 75, heat index 82 degrees.

I went to the park that is 1 mile around. I walked a quarter mile to warm up, ran a mile, walked 40 seconds, ran a 2nd mile. Then my calves were really tight – probably from yesterday’s squats and lunges – so I stopped to stretch and did 15 pushups on the bottom of a park bench. Then I walked 1/2 mile and ran 1/2 mile – for my 3 mile total. I didn’t have to stop for a drink, but I did have to stop for my calves, darnit.

Tomorrow night is the 5k that determines if Alice makes varsity XC or not. 7th grade varsity certainly sounds impressive, but I don’t think her school is very competitive. On the other hand, they did go to state last year.

Gotta go figure out what to wear to work today. I wish someone my size would trade closets with me for a month just for variety