The catch.. I worked a 24-hour shift in the hospital from saturday 7am to sunday 7am.. And on top of that, I rode my bike to work (8.5 miles each way).. So I had to ride home after the shift, get some grub, round up the troops (wife, sister-in-law and son who would join me on wheels - i.e. bikes and stroller-in-tow) and set off running.
Minor details:
It was hot today.. Base temperature of 85 degrees farenheit, with high humidity and not a cloud in sight.
As soon as I arrived home I found my son to be napping, and he didn't wake up until about 10:30am... So I fed him and got everyone ready to head out by 11am.
The run started out great.. We have a bike-path close to our home so we just ran/rode to it and set off.
Unfortunately, it was a little too hot for my son, so we had to cut the run short at 3.5 miles.... I had some common sense drilled in from my wife that it would probably not be a good idea to continue running now (as it was 12:00noon with the sun directly overhead, and the temperature rising!)...
So I took her advice, fed my son once more and played with him quite a bit. After another nap (he fell asleep on my chest while i lay on the couch, so i joined him in his game), I set off for the remaining 10.5 miles at 4pm, and finished in under 2 hours... Not bad for post-call on a hot-humid day.
As an aside, I wore one of my new shirts (happens to be a pink tanktop), and more people said hi to me as I ran past them than any other day... You see, I always make a point to greet any walkers/runners/rollerbladers/bikers on the trail, and usually I get a 50% greet-back..
I'll do more experiments on this and get back to you...
Til the next time.
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