I was trying to come up with a word to describe today's workouts, and the word torture came to mind! In reality, I loved my workouts today, so maybe torture isn't the best word, but I think it's still pretty descriptive. I started the day with a two hour run. It was already getting warm, and it was actually humid out. My run is on a hilly course, so despite my goal to run comfortably, there were times that I did push a little. I brought one bottle of fluids with me, and by the time I got home my running shirt and shorts were drenched in sweat. I did put in a few hard 3-4 minute efforts during the latter part of my run, but overall, it was pretty chill. Considering that I have a 20 miler coming up on Sunday, I'm quite happy that today's 12 mile run seemed pretty routine.
After I got home, I jumped in my car and drove the one mile to the hot yoga place. That's really where the torture started. Ninety minutes of hot yoga, after a 2 hour run, was the veritable icing on the cake! I pretty much kept up with the workouts, though towards the end, took it a little easier. I downed two full bottles of fluids before we finished, and felt like I'd actually kept up reasonably well with my hydration. I was also careful with a few of the moves that might have been setting off my low back. We'll see how I feel tomorrow. The cool thing was that when I left the hot yoga place, it felt cool outside. When I got in my car, I realized that the temperature outside was 80 degrees! My acclimatization has begun!
I will plan to continue to torture myself with heat and humidity for the next nine weeks. I have dedicated myself to having the heat and humidity of Kona feel like nothing. In the past, I've had a lot of success with heat acclimatization, adding in the humidity is new, but I'm already feeling like I will be successful at doing this. And so, I will continue to torture myself.
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