Sunday, July 21, 2013

Day 70: Don't Pass Out!

I over did it today and almost passed out from the heat.  This is what happened:

We were yet again under a thunderstorm watch but it was bright and sunny outside and there was work that had to be done in the garden.  For over an hour I pulled weeds, cleaned up cucumber vines and zucchini plants, and picked tomatoes.  When I was done I was drenched in sweat.  I looked like someone had dumped a bucket of water over my head. 

I could see clouds starting to gather and I still had to get my jog in.  I ran in, changed and hit the pavement. The clouds blew over and the sun came out in full force.  As you can guess the temperature went through the roof as well. 

The last five minutes on my way back to my house I started feeling weak.  By the time I got back to my house I felt sick to stomach and started getting blurry vision.  I ran inside and stuck my head under the sink to cool off.  It took a few minutes but slowly I returned to normal.

I had a protein shake afterwards and that helped as well.  Too much heat and not enough water, remember to always hydrate!

That is my lesson for the day. 

The run was actually pretty good until the end I managed to keep up a 14 minute mile.  My goal is to move it 13 and so on until eventually I can run keep up a three mile 10 minute a mile run.  If someone can break a 4 minute mile I should be able to do a 10 minute mile. 

Unfortunately that is all I have for today.  Maybe tomorrow I can dream up something more entertaining to write about but for now I am going to bed.

Daily Recap:

Matt: 41 min. 3 mile jog

Kelly: TBD 

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