Terrible Run

That sucked.

My training plan called for a 45 minute run today. I did it this evening before dinner. I did the same route as last week because I enjoyed it. I used 2:45/0:45 for my intervals today. So more running more often.

But it went terrible. Everything felt "heavy". Even my arms felt heavy. It took everything I had mentally to just finish today. No energy or something.

In the end, it was all of 2 minutes longer for me to finish this run than last week, and I toughed it out. I read about the "mental" aspect of the sport and maybe this is one of those times.

My coach asked me if it was warm out and the answer was yes. It was over 80 degrees here for the first time since last summer. It cooled off quite a bit as the run went on, but maybe those first miles in the heat just took their toll on me. I am definitely not used to running in the heat.