Holy Hot as Hell

Today was hard. I went out optimistic enough. I knew we had a 4 mile run scheduled, but I wasn't sold on that mileage .. just was going to get out there and see how I felt.
Zannah and I started off to a pretty good start. We kept it 2 min run/2 min walk. Seems in the heat, thats all I can manage.
All was well until we hit about mile 2. The turn around mark. It all suddenly went down hill for me.
Between the heat, the sweat, and the lack of doing a 4 mile run in WEEKS, I just felt like death.
We did a few more intervals, but our last mile was all walking - and the walking felt like too much at times! Guess that is what we get for going out at 2pm. HOTTEST TIME OF THE DAY!

I did feel proud that we did 4.01 miles. Even with ALL the walking, we stayed at a 15 min mile .. which means we kinda kicked ass in the beginning.
Anyhow, as Zannah said earlier, its a little demoralizing that after 6 months of steady running, none of this feels any easier. I still get out of breath.. muscles feel like they are going to give out..and I see other runners zip by like its the easiest thing ever.

I guess this is part of the journey. We have been told by so many people, that our performance suffers greatly in the heat. I am really looking forward to fall weather when we can hopefully really extend our mileage.

I made a real good eggplant salad in the crockpot.. guess its not really a salad, but dont know what else to call it.. a stew maybe? It was REALLY good ladies. I think I will make it for one of our dinners next week. I didnt even have any rice or other carbs with it :)
Day 2 of good food choices for me. Knowing I have 2 others doing this with me does make it easier.
I was thinking for our Thursday meals, that should be the one meal we can eat whatever and share a desert. Will keep up sane and want to stay on track rest of the week cause we know its coming!