I officially declare it too hot to run in Auckland. Every run lately has been a suffer-fest, so I advise that everyone stay at home in air conditioned comfort rather than attempt feats of endurance outside.
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| running skirt, knobbly knees, and Mizuno WR16's #2 |
Today I wore my HRM to make sure I took it easy on my long run (short 12-13k taper version), and I can assure you that my HR was about 10bpm higher than usual. Especially when I saw all these people lazing around doing things like this:
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| Pt Chevalier Beach |
Do they not have anything better to do? I briefly considered what their heart rates might be but that only made me feel hotter, and look at the blatant cheek of this person:
...So you get the picture - today's run wasn't great. I'm starting to think I've over committed myself with next weekend's 26km off-road run.
Full of negative vibes and convinced I would be walking most of the Tussock Traverse, I turned down a road for home and saw this sign speaking to me:
Race mantra sorted :)
Good luck for the Tussock Traverse! Haven't run it yet - and will miss it again this year - but I hear it's a stunning run!
ReplyDeleteThanks Vera! I hope you get to run it one day soon!
DeleteThat is a great sign to see at the end of a not to great run. Good luck with your run!
ReplyDeleteUsually I hardly take notice of advertising billboards, but this one was looking right at me!
DeleteRunning in the heat is the worst! I hope that after you ran that you had a chance to laze around like the people on the beach!
ReplyDeleteIt turns out it was only 25C, but I really felt hot to the core, and yes we did go to the beach later!
DeleteThat sign is definitely a sign AND a great race day mantra!
ReplyDeleteYes I can't get it out of my head now!
DeleteCongrats on completing the 26km Tussock Traverse!! I knew you could do it!! I think I just missed your finish though, by about a minute. We caught the bus back to the village at 1.45pm :( It would've been good to see you come in. Well done on a fab time, way to go!!
ReplyDeleteThanks - it was hard but fun! I looked around for you at the finish, but I knew it was a long time for you to wait. Hope you had fun and I can't wait to read your report!
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