These B2B's Blow

I think it's probably more the heat than the mileage - which hasn't broken mind you. I've even managed to get up earlier in order to avoid the majority of it, but even that hasn't worked.

This past weekend was the 18/10 which turned into a 16/7 because it was hot, I ran out of water, I picked a really hard new trail and I just wasn't feeling it. I wanted to lay down and cry on Saturday when I was on the way back to the car - I took my last sip of water at mile 12 so the next four miles were nothing short of not fun. Sunday I went out for 10 and told myself I'd cut it short if the damage from the previous day had been done, and it had.

Just for future reference, I don't ever plan on training for anything running related in the summer. It is too hot - I'll stick to biking - or moving - to the South Pole. Next weekend is the 20/10 and I'm just hoping I can figure out a way to pull that one off. I'm losing a lot of confidence in my running ability - can the heat really affect me that much? It can't all be the heat can it?

I think I'm going to find out in about a month or so.