I’ve ridden excuse train long enough this month. I’m tired. been working hard. We painted the house. It’s hot. It’s humid. It’s early.

But with August rolling the calendar around and time to start thinking I should gear up for another training season, I headed out today, the morning after a day of soaking monsoon rains, with the air heavy with moist hotness. I just went slow, tuned into a technical podcast on the mp3 player, and ran slow fro Chaparral Park west to the canal, turning south rather than my usual north, and going down to Camelback Road and back.

One step at a time.

But wow, am I drained. Even with a cool shower I was dripping and spent a good 45 minutes just filling with liquids.

One run at a tine,

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