Meagan's New Friends

Time: 84:31
Distance: 12.23 miles
Pace: 6:54
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A few days ago I texted Jenny Graef about the possibility of her doing a long run with Meagan. We were able to set up a play date at Sutton this morning. Scotty, Meagan and I left the house and jogged over to the parking lot where we met Jenny and Andrea Larabee. The girls were going to put in about 90 minutes which was perfect for Meagan's (our) training cycle. Scotty and I ran off on the trail and the girls went a separate way. We didn't see eachother until time was nearly up close to Main St.

I ended up running out in some of the newer developments north and east of Sutton. Scotty and I got in some light hills in the process which felt harder than they should have. The wind was blowing out of the south which is just about right for this time of the year. The weather has heated up to so by the time we came back to the parking lot at Sutton it was good to have a bottle of Gatorade stashed.

I think in the next 2 or 3 days some heat adaptation training will be in order. Perhaps running when it's around 80 degrees (similar conditions to today) will help get ready for potential conditions in Joplin. However, after Weds. it will be time to recover so that the heat hasn't taken too much out of the body.