I am being sent to Oklahoma City on Monday for training. Believe it or not, I am very excited about it! This trip is coming at a good time of year where I need a break from the office.
I spent three weeks in Oklahoma City last summer for training, and met some great people and saw a lot of cool things. Especially the names of the bars and restaurants (as referenced by the title of this entry). It's always nice to be sent away on business to a place where you wouldn't normally go on vacation.
Anyways, back to the point. Monday is usually a running day for me, and unless I get up super-early to get in 4-miles before I leave, there will be no time for it. And I'm not getting up super-early before I leave. Additionally, OKC has been about 15F higher on average than it has been here in Michigan. Oofda. I guess I'll be doing my running during the evenings, and even then I'm going to roast.
So I think I am going to run 5 miles on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then do my 12-mile route on Saturday after I get home. It's one less day of running, but after finishing my 11-mile route this morning I'm finding that I need more time to recover from the long runs anyway. It's been a physically challenging week, with none of my runs feeling all that great after my 10-mile last weekend.
I've discovered that my body really enjoys an 8-mile run. During the 9th mile, the pain becomes noticeable, and the sweat really starts to poor, and during the 10th mile, I start to want to die. It's those freakish hills I have to run up to get out of the valley. >:-( Humph. I finished today with a time I'm not too happy about. I may need to spend a little extra cash before my run next Saturday and invest in a heart monitor and a new pair of shoes.
Have a great weekend everyone, and my next post will be coming to you from Oklahoma City!
Maybe your hotel will have a tread mill? Then you can run in the air conditioning. :) 5 miles is not horrible on a tread mill. Any more than that gets insane.
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