I didn't think that I'd really been keeping up that intense a training schedule lately. I took Monday off completely and then did fairly easy 7-mile progression runs the next three days. Feeling a little worn out, I did go to sleep early last night, about 9:30, but even so was barely able to drag myself out of bed to get to work on time.
Obviously, another day off from running was in order, but my physically undemanding desk job had its own sort of fatigue to impart today. The New York City Fire Department released an encyclopedic collection of 9-11 oral histories and radio transmissions that we've had to sift through and catalogue for the broadcast tonight. It's interesting how little it takes to drag your psyche right back to four years ago. As it is, I always cringe a little on the inside when social conversations drift to the topic of "where you were" and "who did you know in the towers". So reading page after page of the graphic accounts of people who were right there in the middle of everything has left me a little on edge.
And now this...
Tomorrow: Scattered clouds with the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm developing during the afternoon. Hot and humid. High 96F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%. Dew point 74°F, Humidity 82%.Ah, lovely. Just in time for what is shockingly, my first Ridge Run of the summer up at my coach's house in Sleepy Hollow. I guess I've just been busy or in marathon recovery for the runs up until now. Since I did a very hilly 16 miles fairly comfortably last weekend, I should be okay for 18 tomorrow. I guess I'll wait and see how the heat and humidity does me and reevaluate the situation at the eleven mile mark. It will be nice to run up there with my friend Connie again...it's seriously been months since we've run together and we have mucho girl-talk to catch up on.