Yesterday I ran 8 miles despite my incredible total body soreness. As I suspected, once I began my run I began to loosen up significantly. Although it was approximately 80 degrees, the humidity was lower, allowing me to breathe "effortlessly" in comparison to recent weeks. Still, by the end of the run I was drenched in sweat that had failed to evaporate due to the heavy water content in the air. It is technically still summer, you know.
I am beginning to feel encouraged with my increasing fitness level. I am no where near being fit, but I am starting to get back in shape. This will be my 3rd week at a row hitting around 40 miles, with an (attempt at a) ~12 mile long run. The last couple have not quite gone to plan, so I'm hoping for a change in trends this weekend. The long run for this weekend is tentatively scheduled for Sunday morning, a more traditional long run day, versus the Friday mid-morning or Saturday afternoon/evening that I've been deciding on thus far in my "training." We will see how it goes.
And since I know you are all eagerly awaiting the results of our first flag football game last night, I will tell you. We got smoked. Slaughtered, in fact -- literally. I cannot even begin to express my disappointment, or offer an explanation without screaming at the top of my lungs like you've seen me do in the past. All I can say is, "we have some stuff to figure out."
--Ant
p.s. in light of Maxwell's first post, I've realized that I need to make an attempt to polish my writing a bit more. Maxwell has always served as a literary role model for me in that respect, so I will follow suit and make an effort to make more thought out, well written posts in the future. Thank you, Maxwell.
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