Today I ran 14 miles in 88 degrees, and I drank one liter of Gatorade and one liter of water, and I still got dehydrated! It's not even just the temperature. It's somehow the temperature, the sun and the pace together. And I did get up fairly early, left for the run before 8 o'clock. I'm happy it's over. This training through the summer is hard.

Let me copy my mileage plan with Sunday week start dates:


07/08 (week 10): 56 miles
07/15 (week 9): 60 miles
07/22 (week 8): 56 miles
07/29 (week 7): 61 miles
08/05 (week 6): 65 miles
08/12 (week 5): 63 miles
08/19 (week 4): 56 miles
08/26 (week 3): 58 miles
09/02 (week 2): 54 miles
09/09 (week 1): 49 miles
09/16 (race week): 40 miles

So next week, starting tomorrow (maybe with a rest day, I haven't decided yet):

Total: 56 miles.

Long runs: 14 and 10 miles.

Tempo: 4 miles fast, with 2+2 warmup and cooldown: 8 miles.

Easy runs: 8 miles each or 2 x 4 miles AM and PM.

If I do the Siltstone trail tomorrow, that will give me plenty of mileage, so I may not need the doubles.