Racing Just for Fun

So, to share my latest paying to run adventure: Last Sat. morning I was able to talk two friends of mine into driving up to Dowagiac, MI to run a 5k called Steve's Run. I wanted more of a workout ... so I signed up for the 10k. Let me stress that I really just wanted a 'hard' run, a t-shirt, and a some popsicles. Luckily, Molly Huddle (um, All-Amer. 5ker) was there to also just get in a tempo run, so I had no stress about having to win.

So, point is - it was hot!!! I've been advoiding the heat all summer by running mostly at 6am or like 9 pm - seriously. So, after the first mile I realized that 93 degree weather in the sun wasn't something I had acclimated to. Not to mention it was hilly ... not by a'ville standards of course, but more or less by s. bend standards. So, yup, I died, died died died.

The plus side is that I'm getting some boys around here interested in roadrunning - which is definitely a bonus, cause then they can encourage (nicely or not) me to do my workouts, day after day. They also try to encourage behaviors antithetical to training ... ie. steak n shake, or keg stands, but they mean well, mostly let me off the hook, and more importantly keep me sane.