Thursday, August 21, 2014

Kudos, and an Apology

Ladies,

Let me reverse the order of the title. First, the apology. Ahem...

"I am so sorry. I had no idea it was as hot as it was. Sure, I was sweating out there in the sun, but I didn't think too much of it. I should have. Please forgive me!"

What prompts this apology? Read on.

"I also want to bow down to your superiority. I ran later tonight, just after 8. I wanted to wait until it cooled down a bit. Then I actually looked at the weather particulars. Heat index 100 degrees. Dew point 79 degrees. Relative humidity 79 percent. I would never had you run those hill repeats had I realized how bad it was!"

Let me go on.

"In my run I planned to go 5 miles. I started off at a slow pace, but was still appalled when I took over 9 minutes to run the first mile. The second was no better, and worse, my fingers were tingling. That's bad. I had to stop at 3 miles."

That's right. You girls, every one of you, ran farther today, under worse conditions, than your coach. Big deal? Hardly! I'm in pretty good shape, very well conditioned really, and couldn't take what you could. You have my respect for sure! I am more impressed than ever with how good you guys are.

Okay. I can't do anything about the past, but I can work on the future. We have 2 more workouts this week. Tomorrow is another hot day, so we are going to cut back the miles. 4 miles easy, short practice, out by 4:15 if you start by 3:30. Saturday? I'd been toying with this anyway... I have been concerned about how hot  Monday will be, and it is our first meet... current conditions have me leaning toward safety, so I am canning the run for Saturday and we will swim instead. Bring your suits!

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