Typical Wednesday night hill run last night. I probably should have gotten up in the morning and did a little shakeout run, but I was sleepy and slept in. I even remember thinking that I should get up and get it done, but nope that wasn’t happening.
Did the normal warm-up loop and it was warm and very sauna-like, nothing like last week’s miserable weather. We went through the loop (2.2 miles) at a good pace and was feeling pretty …

As the heat and humidity continue, I can just keep running. I think I’m starting to get acclimated to the weather, but I don’t want to speak too soon. Just have to keep hydrating and doing all I can to survive it.
I was planning on doubling up Friday, but I got home too late from work and had to be to the Twins game, plus it was 90+, humid degrees. I decided to skip the run and not force …

Well the warm, humid summer continues in Minneapolis. Today is going to be a very humid 92 and tomorrow a more humid 96. I’m supposed to go to Twins’ games each day. Most of the time I’m really thankful for the new stadium. This weekend not so much. At least my seats should be in the shade both games.
After a miserable track workout Tuesday night. I decided to skip my Wednesday morning run and sleep in. Probably shouldn’t have …

So I wasn’t really planning on running Hyland last night, but the rain started to come down and I figured it’d be a blast to go play in the mud. It was about an hour of some serious downpour action starting at about 4:00. By the time I got off work and got to the trail the rain was done.
I went out on the warmup loop with Rob and Brian. It rained so hard there was ruts in the …

It was really bound to happen sometime this year. Last year they tried to get me with bee stings three different times. This year, they were really working to take me down.
I wasn’t even going to go, especially with the Afton Trail 25k on Saturday (which by the way is going to be brutal), but Jake talked me into it. Then I get to the parking lot and two of the fast guys are there and they looked like …