I have figured it out and I am now ready to share it with fellow runners, family, and friends. To beat the heat, you must....literally beat the heat. As in get up early. MYSTERY SOLVED!!!
Of course, easier said than done! I have been blessed with some weeks of true vacation to return back East and visit with family and friends I've missed living in Michigan this past year. That being said, maintaining a semi-regular routine has been challenging and while for some people, vacation = throw the routine out the window, that poses some problems for me. I do better with structure.
This became all too clear when Ryan and I decided to sleep in a little on Tuesday and paid for it in the WORST WAY with what felt like the hottest run of my life. It was a rude awakening and definitely made me think about my approach to training, particularly in this summer of freedom. The hour-by-hour weather forecast has always been a good friend of mine, so it's time I bump our relationship up to the next level and settle down. Commit. Make it official.
When I trained for Philly two summer ago, I definitely made major adjustments to my schedule based on the weather, and I honestly just need to get back there. It could be for a whole variety of reasons, but I don't feel like I had as gradual of an adjustment this summer. Either way, if you can't handle the heat, get out of the kitchen (so you can go to bed and wake up early!).
Anyway, I didn't need to get up "real people early" this AM, but setting my alarm DEFINITELY helped to make this morning's run more enjoyable/less like a close encounter with the devil.....AND if I was too hot, I got a nice cool-off when it started to downpour. It was more funny than anything else, until I walked into my garage and my phone stopped working. It's soaking in a nice rice/jambalaya mix as we speak, so fingers crossed he'll be resurrected!
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