While the temps were surely lower (the A/C is likely set around 72) and there was obviously zero sun, the humidity wasn't really cut all that much by the A/C -- so I as a puddle pretty early on. The first few miles were comfortable with a decent HR, my effort (and consequently HR) went up a decent bit by the time I finished Mile 6 (I was at about 190bpm). I pulled back just a little bit for 2 miles, hoping my HR would drop a bit and make things easier, but to no avail. I was hurting. No need to hurt myself, I decided to walk until I could drop my HR below 150. The remain 4 miles were a bit of a see-saw between going 7.8mph and dropping to a walk to drop the HR.
The good news, though? At no point in time did my legs have any problem or feel tight. If I could have disconnected my legs from my HR and breathing, I could've kept going without any issue. Shame that's not exactly possible. :-)
This took so much out of me, though, that I dropped 2.5 pounds compared to the same time post-workout yesterday. (!) That's a lot of water lost, despite having drunk 16oz during the run. While I'm happy to drop some of the additional weight (ultimately I would like to be at ~160 by the time the marathon happens), doing so that quickly is just not good. And I'll bounce back up by at least 1-2 pounds or more tomorrow both because I'll weigh myself end of day (I run after work, mornings usually only on weekends) and today is going to be a high-salt day -- I just had a great bacon cheeseburger, onion rings, and chocolate shake at a local burger joint. (If you're in Leesburg, stop by Melt. It's worth the money and the calories.)
Well-earned rest day tomorrow to start of a pull-back week to let some of the gains of this cycle settle in.
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