Don’t be afraid to be sprayed :)

I knew I had set out way too late for my run this a.m. (8:45 to be exact).  The weather was already pretty hot and the sun was blazing! I figured I’d go with the goal of doing at least 5 miles and see how I felt from there. I will also point out that I’m getting progressively slower and it’s really starting to peeve me!

Anyway… I happily jogged along my usual route while making sure to sip my ice water after every mile or so (I started increasing my fluid intake after about the 3rd mile — it was getting HOT).  At about mile 4.5 it was really toasty outside and I felt myself burning up.  So what’s a runner to do?  Well….you happily ask the man watering his lawn to squirt you with the hose 🙂  It went something like this:

• ME: “can you do me a HUGE favor?”
• Guy: “Sure, what’s up?”
• ME: “can you spray me with your hose?”
• Guy: “are you sure??”
• ME: “YES!!!!”
• ::Insert a happy Dana getting sprayed::
• ME: “THANK YOU!!!!!”

I’m sure the man thought I was nuts but damn that felt good!!!  I also asked another woman who was washing her car to spray me a mile later and then ran through someone’s sprinklers as well.  I didn’t care … it was hot and it felt great!!!  At mile 6.5 I stopped home because I had ran out of water and I was hot again – I ran inside, drank some water, wet a towel and zipped back out the door for the .66 miles around my development (I just wasn’t happy with 6.5!)  I was actually feeling pretty decent (aside from the heat) and if it wasn’t so steamy out, I would’ve definitely complete a couple more miles.

Note to self: set alarm clock even though you don’t want to on weekends when you plan on completing a long run in the summer.