8 miles
lake nokomis and back
68 degrees
humidity: 83% / dew point: 60
So hot! I had planned to bring my water but at the last minute, I didn’t. I should have. At the halfway point, my heart rate was high for such an easy pace. Had to take several walk breaks. I really struggle to run in the heat.
Some things to remember for future runs: run earlier, bring water, drink water the night before, come prepared with poetry distractions (e.g.: recite poems in head).
Scott and I realized that doing our long runs together is not a good idea. We have different strategies and different weaknesses that need to be addressed. So instead, we’ll plan to run our middle distance weekly run together.
What did we talk about? Not much; we were too hot and uncomfortable running. Just remembered something as I wrote “many” in number 5 of my10 things. We discussed the range of descriptive words: a pair, a few, some, several, lots, many, most, all. I talked about how I use lots too often and that it sounds clunky. We also talked about bringing the kids to the playground at Lake Nokomis, especially to the big dinosaur, and losing touch with some old friends.
10 Things
- a woman with a hose, watering some flowers in her front yard. as we ran by, she called out: free shower?
- a loud hose hissing nearby
- a lively game on the pickle ball court, with an enthusiastic player cheering loudly for someone
- everything completely still, heavy — Scott pointed out how the tops of the trees weren’t moving at all
- blue water with many sparkles
- blue-green algae advisory at the beach, 2 kids in the water
- running over the bridge, looking down and seeing the glowing green water — yuck!
- passing another runner with a dog — good morning! / morning!
- at the Lake Nokomis playground, running by a log with rows of evenly cut holes — what is this for? how do kids play with it?
- the booming voice of an announcer at the big beach: a charity event for lymphoma
Not the best run, but I’m choosing to think of it as a reminder to be more deliberate and disciplined in my training.
webs
I decided to make a spider web on a piece of cardboard. Some improvement is needed, but I’m pleased with it as my first attempt. Will I do anything with this? Unsure, but it keeps coming up, so I’m seeing where it leads.
