Final run in Hawaii. I had considered jumping in unattached in a 5000m race at the UH twilight track meet this evening but I would struggle. I have loved my time here running all over but the heat/humidity combination just crushes me at race pace speeds.
My workout today was further evidence of that. I had a 4M tempo run at 5:10-5:15 pace followed by a 10:00 minute jog and then 10 x :30 hills on 90 seconds rest.
I hit 5:14, 5:08, 5:10, 5:14 on the tempo run. So I hit my times, but going much faster would have been pretty hard. I sweat like crazy but the humidity doesn't evaporate the sweat which is what cools you off. So I never get cool. Oh well. It will be plenty cool back in Seattle next week.
The hill portion was fine as was the long cool down. The heat doesn't seem to affect my stamina as much as it does the ability to maintain fast speeds for long periods of time. A marathon over here would be absolute murder.
Longest mileage week in three months. | 