Muggy

There was still a light rain coming down this morning when I pushed off for my run, and that humidity held on through the whole time. I was glad I had two bottles set out, since I lost enough water to soak my shoes and socks. Replenishment is key. I'm expanding the distance of the run every few weeks, and so today was 14 miles, the longest I've run since the marathon in January. I kept my session in the hilly area, following my five mile route, then twice around the two mile loop, and back for another five. Outside of the steepest climbs, I kept the effort nicely aerobic, and did my second five-miler only 10 seconds slower than last week, while covering an extra 4 miles in lead-up. So the legs are coming around. I was definitely worked by the end, the downhills especially had taken a fair bit out of my quads. But I've still got nine weeks to get everything together, and I'll be chasing down lots of folks through the rolling terrain of Muskoka.

Run: 14 miles, five-mile loops @ 43:37/40:55 + 4 strides