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or any run and the heat.<br><br>
It seems like a lot of you are able to do ultras etc year round the heat doesnt phase you.<br><br>
Is it because you guys are so far north it doesn't get as hot and nasty as it does here in Jacksonville?<br><br>
Is your body better acclimated to it?<br><br><br>
If you have ever read my race reports you have probably noticed that I do a lot better in cooler weather and when the heat is on down here my pace plummets! Every summer I always hit a spell where I really hate running because I see the guys I run with just running away from me as the heat saps my energy and I feel like I am running in molasses or a tar pit. I have beyotched about this in the past. It happens every summer and I know it is going to happen but I hate that it is going to happen.<br><br><br>
I have really struggled with the heat and humidity here in Jax this week. Granted I took 19 days off due to vacation so that didn't help any but it is weeks like this that make go WTF, how am I going to handle long runs next summer when I am trying to train for the Tahoe Triple.<br><br>
I know that for the Tahoe Triple all I want to do is finish all 3 marathons and I would like to finish each one in under 6 hours but being a flatlander and having to deal with the hills out there is going to be a new challenge.<br><br>
The next year is going to be a whole new set of challenges.
It seems like a lot of you are able to do ultras etc year round the heat doesnt phase you.<br><br>
Is it because you guys are so far north it doesn't get as hot and nasty as it does here in Jacksonville?<br><br>
Is your body better acclimated to it?<br><br><br>
If you have ever read my race reports you have probably noticed that I do a lot better in cooler weather and when the heat is on down here my pace plummets! Every summer I always hit a spell where I really hate running because I see the guys I run with just running away from me as the heat saps my energy and I feel like I am running in molasses or a tar pit. I have beyotched about this in the past. It happens every summer and I know it is going to happen but I hate that it is going to happen.<br><br><br>
I have really struggled with the heat and humidity here in Jax this week. Granted I took 19 days off due to vacation so that didn't help any but it is weeks like this that make go WTF, how am I going to handle long runs next summer when I am trying to train for the Tahoe Triple.<br><br>
I know that for the Tahoe Triple all I want to do is finish all 3 marathons and I would like to finish each one in under 6 hours but being a flatlander and having to deal with the hills out there is going to be a new challenge.<br><br>
The next year is going to be a whole new set of challenges.