The Training Continues

With less than four weeks to go before the Hotlanta Half Marathon, I have been pushing through the training during these summer months.  Thankfully the summer has been quite mild compared to past summers.

A couple weeks ago, I had a great 11 mile long run after walking around the local Six Flags park the day before.  Early morning temperatures were in the low 60s, which made for a pleasant run.

Compare that to last week when the early morning temperature was above 70, and the humidity was well over 80%.  I had the worst run of the whole summer where I needed to take a few brief walking breaks here and there on a 12 mile run, and finished with the worst long run time of the summer.  Humidity is just not my friend in any sense of the word.

What all this means for the race in four weeks time is that until I know what the weather is going to be on that morning, I have no clue what my strategy will be or how I will finish.  I know I have put in all the training, but most of that goes out the door if the conditions are hot and humid.  If I get lucky enough to get one of these cool mornings then my goal or at least a PR is within reach.

Regardless of the outcome of the race at the very least I have the foundation laid to jump right into Goofy training on September 21.  I'll just need to maintain for a couple of weeks, and then hit the ground running for what will be a tough three months of training.