<p>You're working well KS. Nice one yesterday.</p>
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<p>Fred, let me put this heat in perspective. Yes we are getting well over 100 degrees all week here, but it tends to boil up about mid-afternoon. The mornings, at about 7:30 or so here, are mid to high-80's and as long as the humidity is low it's not bad at all to run.</p>
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<p>A few years ago I had a "discussion" with Billy Rodgers about running in the heat. He told me that it's impossible to train in the heat and that it's "too bad you live in Texas." I told him that I get acclimated to the heat early in the hot season and that I am proud of being able to push through the whole summer in it and that I believe it makes me stronger come the fall.</p>
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<p>He said he agreed with that but the point he was making had to do with training, not just running. In other words, he meant you can't do the quality miles and speed in the summer that you could do in cooler temps and if you want to train optimally, you can't do it in the heat.</p>
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<p>I absolutely agree with that. For example, yesterday I ran 5.5 miles and within that distance I did 4 x 1/4 mile @ 7:16 pace. Now that is a very light workout, but in the heat it's all I could do. In the cool of the autumn or winter here, an average speed workout would be 5 or 6 x 800 or 1000 meters.</p>
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<p>Today: 3 slow recovery miles and a core workout at the Y. Spareribs</p>