Not so speedy

Thursdays is usually speed work.  Tonight speed work was cancelled because of the Festival of Miles.  I decided to go to Sherman Beach and kind of run the speed workout for the week.  The workout was 4 X 800.  I warmed up one mile slow.  Then I started my repeats.  It was hot.  It was humid.  It was hard to run fast.  My legs felt heavy.  It felt like I was wearing concrete boots.  Somewhere during the third repeat I realized why the workout seemed so hard.  Sunday and Monday I ran speed during the Senior Olympics.  The races were not long but there were a lot of them and I had to warm up and cool down for each.  Usually I would have a week recovery between speed sessions.   I have developed the ability to sweat profusely.  I may not be the best runner but I am very good at sweating.