Today the schedule had a 6 mile easy run. The only place in my schedule was a lunchtime run. I went to the trail where it is shady. Six miles is easy, right? The heat index was 104. I thought if I took it slow and easy and drank lots of water I would be fine. The first three miles went okay. I was hot but moving forward. Then the heat got to me. Mile four was slow. I should probably have run the whole workout at mile 4 pace. Mile 5 and 6 I recovered and just wanted to get back to my car and turn on the air conditioner. It was supposed to be an easy run but nothing about it was easy.
When I got to the trail head there were a lot of cars there but I did not see many people on the trail. I think they were all smarter than me and were soaking in the river.
Note to self: when the heat index is 104, slow it down to a crawl.
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