It was week three of being a single mom. Kenny is staying with his parents and working in Orange County, coming home on Friday nights. I'm not going to lie... these weeks have been LONG weeks. I have a renewed respect for single moms.
The only time I might find to run is when both kids are in school. I can't run before 9 a.m. Because I am not training for a specific race right now, my midweek runs are falling lower on the priority list. I have a TON of stuff to get done during the week to get ready to move. In addition to that, we have had record heat this week. I had considered taking the kids to the track one evening, but it has been over 100 until after dark. No thank you. So I only ran once this week.
I went out for an easy five miler. It was over 80 when I started and well into the 90's when I finished. Thankfully, the humidity has been a bit lower (which means no clouds in the morning and a bright, hot sun). I didn't have a goal pace, but wanted to run a nice easy pace that was a bit faster than my "training" pace. I settled nicely into a pace of just under 9:30. It started feeling pretty tough toward the end. I was sweating a LOT. When I returned to my car and saw 100 on the temperature gauge, I understood why it was so tough.
I am looking forward to a nice run tomorrow. I can go early to beat the heat and take my time, giving Daddy plenty of quality time with the kids.
you ran in 100 degree weather?!?!?
ReplyDeletei think you get extra credit for that.
Agreed . . . that is just ridiculously HOT! Hope you have a nice leisurely run tomorrow--you've more than earned it!! :)
ReplyDeleteIt surely had been warm! 100 degrees IS just downright toasty! Enjoy hydrating this weekend!
ReplyDeleteI haven't been getting as much running in as I have wanted lately either. Work has just been so busy! It's hard when life gets in the way, huh? :-)
ReplyDeleteI hope things are going alright for you, especially in this transition-time!
Running in 90-100 degrees makes you my hero. So sorry to have been MIA for so long.
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine how insane it is to take care of both kids without help.
OMG girl...you ran in this heat?
ReplyDeleteI ran once indoors last week, and even then I thought I was going to have heatstroke! GAH!
Wow, that's hot! I can't believe you ran when it was 100 degrees!
ReplyDeleteYou had a great End of Summer Fire Run. 7:30 miles---awesome!
I'm supposed to peak at 42 miles for about 3-4 weeks, but I'm not 100% sure I'll do it. I may peak at 35-38 for 4-6 weeks instead. Either way, it's better than my one little week of 31 miles before the last marathon!