Code Red

I hope everyone had an awesome July 4th celebration. We did eat July 4th food, but did not see any fireworks except on TV. This is Day 5 of Kiera's fever... so hopefully it will subside soon.

We have a Code Red today - back to typical Maryland weather in July. I ran at 6am... 3 miles in 27:58. I think I run better in the even. And when I write better, I mean faster. I did loops today with hills in it, but my pace slowly declined:

Mile 1: 9:11
Mile 2: 9:14
Mile 3: 9:33

It was hot but it is the humidity that gets to me. I find it strange that I sweat in places that I usually do not sweat... like from my inner elbows and my upper lip. I ended my measly 3 mile run with a chapped upper lip because I kept rubbing the sweat off of my lip.

Do you sweat from strange places when you run?

Week 2 of the Marathon Training Plan is going to be a little tougher.... not because of the runs, but because it will be 99 degrees all week with over 80% humidity. Thankfully, my parents are still here so I can run early, but not sure I would be able to manage evening runs with the humidity. How is your training coming? Any obstacles? Here is the week:

Monday: 3 miles
Tuesday: 5 miles
Wednesday: 3 miles
Thursday: 5 miles
Friday: Cross (hopefully swim)
Friday: 11 miles

Deck Progress:  Slowly but surely. With the Code Red, Lyle and my father are working from 5:30 am to 11am and then from 5:30 to dark. Here is the latest picture. Can you see Dolce at the door. She enjoys the action around the house. Best of all, my mother brought her pug too, SweetPea and they have a blast playing together. I think they will really miss each other when the deck is finally finished. Dolce is the one on her back... she loves lying on her back. SweetPea is 5 years old and Dolce is 1.5 years old.