5:40 a.m. was still not early enough to run in this heat wave. And for me, getting up that early to run is right up there with an Act of God or Congress. I know most of the country is suffering along with me, so I won’t rant and rave too much about the heat. It’s gross, it’s hard to breathe, and honestly, I’m tired of the air conditioning. I did have some unexpected company this morning in the form of a new running partner that distracted me a little bit from the heat.
The dreaded horse fly. Yes, NRP was an annoying, taunting, and biting horse fly. I couldn’t shake him! He (or one of his posse) stuck with me throughout my 5 miles. If it wasn’t bad enough that the temperature was already in the 80’s with humidity at 73%, now I had to expend more energy in swatting at and cursing this flying beast.
I swear he was laughing at me too. It was tough holding onto a 9 minute mile pace this morning, which is slow enough for horse flies to land briefly enough to BITE. OUCHHHHH!
I think the only thing that saved me from the big red welts horse flies are famous for leaving behind was that my skin was so drenched from sweat, he probably slid right off of me!
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"right up there with an Act of God or Congress" - love it! I'm not a fan of being up that early either, but it seems a necessity these days. Great job getting the run done despite your annoying running partner!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michelle. I was determined to get this run in!
ReplyDeleteI was up about that time today, too! That's one fit fly - able to stay with you for 5 miles!
ReplyDeleteI'm with ya on the early thing. I have friends who run at 5:00 am consistently, but I'm too lazy to join them. I run solo instead to get that extra hour of sleep. Now that my long run is getting longer, I'm dreading having to get up earlier - ouch!
ReplyDeleteI think I would have been totally C R A Z Y after 5 miles. I can't stand anything buzzing around me or near my ears, especially biting things.
Nice pace on that 14 miler.