August 7

AM: 2 x 5-mile @ goal MP with 1 mile jog, 14 miles


PM: 3+ miles easy

My heat acclimation continues, and today it was on East Campus. I ran the first one comfortably at close to 5:30 pace with Liam. He took off after the first rep, and I immediately started bombing in the heat because I'd waited to late to get started in the morning. I hit one lap in 9:22, my slowest yet, and then started losing coordination and focus on the next lap. I started jogging, but on the third lap of the last rep I decided I was going to try to push through it, limping home to eek under 6:00 pace for the second rep.

I had planned on running 3 reps, but the heat won today, and I knew it. I still made it out for a shake-out run with Valerie in the evening, however.