The Heat is Back in a Big Way

As of Friday, the stifling heat and humidity had made a comeback. From Sunday through half of Thursday, it was unseasonably cool and dry outside. The highs on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday were only in the upper 70s. By Thursday afternoon, it had started to warm back up and become more humid. On Friday, it was like a steam bath outside. I went out and did my tempo run on Friday night, and I could not believe how muggy it was outside. I left a little later than 8:00pm, and after only running a half mile, my shirt was soaked with sweat. I got through the 8-mile run okay, but I can't believe how much I was sweating. It was running off me like a faucet. When I finished running, I wrung out my shorts three times. I took off my shirt and hung it over a chair as I stretched, and there was literally a puddle of sweat on the floor under my shirt within a few minutes. Mind you, this was after I had already wrung a torrent of sweat out of it prior to taking it off! I plan to rise early on Sunday to try and get my 17-mile long run in before the heat becomes too oppressive.