Another week, 7 days of running, GONE...

Hello World-

Another week has bitten the dust -- It is hard to believe -- and I've come to realize something, I'm not invincible!  The heat and humidity are kicking my b___, and I now recognize that if you can't breath, you can't run.  My interval workouts have been fine -- I can usually gut a mile or an 800 out -- and my long runs have been fine, it is the tempos that I start an uncontrollable wheezing at about mile 3 and then it is over.  My inhaler doesn't help...

Since last week, I've been to Cape May, NJ -- took the ferry over from Lewes, DE, tons of fun --and had a great time celebrating Mother-In-Law's 75th birthday.  Most of the clan was there and there was a lot of eating, being on the beach and in the surf.  Got the workouts in running along the historic Victorian manses. I think running on the beach is over rated...  The photo is outside of the gym where I did the track workout: 4X1000, 4X400.  Tough.  Can one trust the calibration on those things?!  It seamed way harder than it should...

Tried something new yesterday, hot yoga!  Running friend Sharon and I went for our second full body drench, the first was our tempo run, to Down Dog Yoga studio in Georgetown.  I didn't realize that it was possible for so much liquid to come out of me, really.  It was a lot of fun; great, hard workout with both strength and stretching elements in a 95+ degree room.  I noticed a big difference in the openness of my upper back today during this morning's long run.  We went out for 18 from Roosevelt Island at 6:30 and wound our way through Georgetown, up Rock Creek to recesses of the city where I have no idea where I was.  I'm just a follower on these ones through the city.  Rock creek was so swollen from last night's rains that it looked like an angry river raging through the city, also had a live deer spotting, not road kill like the week before.  Exciting stuff I know; sorry about the rambling...

Update on the fundraising: over $15,000.00 raised!  Thanks friends :)

Cheers and it was a beautiful - NOT - day for a run!  Still, I'd do it all over again.

RunningBrooke