#5 – 50 runs in 100 days summer edition
#66- 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

Today the plan was to run my 29K flat run. To avoid the heat I started at 8.30 but I was on my way to give up already at 5K, when I started the temperature was 21oC (70F).

At the beginning I saw a bunch of dog walkers, regular bikers and then later on race bikers. I envy them and get a bit angry at them too because they are so much faster than me and here I am suffering in the heat. There were also some roller skiers, odd for me to se them in the summer.

At 12.5K I did not run into any issue with my lower legs so it is definately my trail shoes this spring that caused this issue, my new trail shoes seem promising.

(I am smiling even if it was hot

When I got to Lomma, 10K from Lund there was a traffic jam to Lomma Beach surprise surprise

At 14.5K I had to walk 1K, due to little ache in my right knee.

After that I had to stop and walk a couple of times because of the heat. I drank and wet my hair but wet my hair did not help one bit today. Hardly any breeze, not even when I got to the ocean, blu skye, no clouds and it seems to get hotter and hotter. When I started to run again after 23K I told myself that you run 2K more and then you can walk as much as you like. I cut my run shorter today, the heat was just too much for me.

The last 1K I pepped myself every 100m by screaming only 800m left, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100.

Finally the pain was over

The temperature on my pulse watch registered 31oC (88F), no wonder I was suffering

Distance: 15.54 miles (25.02K), time: 3.03.13.1 h, average pace: 7.19 min/k, max pace: 6.10 min/k, cadence: 164

After it was brunch and smoothie