Well, so much for the mild summer. After having very few hot and humid days above 90 for the past two months, Mother Nature has decided to throw a heat wave at us. This just in time for the Hotlanta Half on Sunday. It should make for a very interesting race. At the moment, it looks like the temperature will be a balmy 75 when the race starts at 7:30am.
As for my race plan, I have no idea what I am going to do. I have trained pretty hard the past few months, and part of me at least wants to try to go for a PR. Why waste all that training time? However, I am not sure how realistic a thought that even is because humidity is not my friend.
What I do not want to do is come out of the gate too quickly and burn myself out before I get to the halfway point. If there was ever a time for a steady pace early on, this is it. Try to keep the pace I want for the first half of the race, and then see what happens from there.
