Outdoor Week Ending 7/22/12

This week started out bloody hot, and I felt like I was slogging out there. After it cooled down later in the week I felt good, and by Saturday I was ready for some harder running, out for 3 hours total, mixing hard hiking with hard running at times.

Run   Rclimb  Long  Lclimb  Hike  Hclimb  OnFeet
6:22    2560    1:43    1000    7:04    3120    13:26   

Date   Type  Time  Climb  Effort   Description
16-Jul    run    1:05    300    3.5    stony brook
16-Jul    hike    1:01    400    3    stony brook
17-Jul    run    1:13    500    3    ram park 83f to
17-Jul    hike    1:01    700    4    ram park 96f

Today wasn't as humid as the week before last's heatwave, but still pretty bloody hot. During today's 2+ hour run-hike, I was sweating at a rate of over 2.25 liters per hour, or about 4.7 pounds. Taking only 1 liter, I got back to the car pretty drained, and had to work on restoring the 11.75 pounds of water I sweated out overall. On a longer run in this kind of heat, I'd need at least 1.5 liters per hour to be able to complete a 4 hour run, and more per hour to do anything longer.

18-Jul    run    0:37    140    3.5    stony brook
18-Jul    hike    1:07    400    4    stony brook
19-Jul    run    0:37        3    trapps loop
19-Jul    hike    0:33    320    2    trapps loop
20-Jul    run    1:07    620    4    ram park

Ahh, Finally a nice cool day -- 64f with a slight drizzle felt wonderful!  Yes I can run up hills again and feel strong!

21-Jul    run    1:43    1000    4    stony brook
21-Jul    hike    1:17    800    4    stony brook
22-Jul    hike    2:05    500    1.5    stony brook

Goals:
Escarpment trail run July 29th
Vermont 50 km run September 30th
(more importantly enjoy every day outside)