Distance: 4.0 miles
Time: 37:58
Pace: 9:29
Calories: 574
Power Song: Runaway by Bon Jovi
Not often but every once in a while I have to wake up super early and get to work at the break of dawn on a Saturday which is unfortunate because that's my time to go running.
Today I spent my lunch going on my run. I wanted to run because I need to. I wanted to run because I was hungry for success. Most people don't have the endurance to be successful. I wanted to prove to myself that I had what it took. I took of my business clothes and threw on running clothes.
It couldn't have been more than 2 minutes into my run when I felt it, the feeling of regret. I knew what I was about to do was probably a little cross the line. It was 101 degrees F and I didn't have any water with me. I was running along the lake and it was burning hot. I became beat red and my mouth became so dry. I had no water with me and was getting dehydrated quickly.
Only 3 miles in and I was on the verge of quitting the run and walking the rest of the way to the workplace and it entered my mind, if I am going to complete a full triathlon I cannot quit right when things start getting difficult and I cannot just stop when the heat rises. Sure, I've learned my lesson to not go out running when 100 degrees and furthermore not to go running without water when it's a little warm.
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