DON’T DO THIS TO ME, MOTHER NATURE…
- By loramarie03
- 11 January, 2012
- 12 Comments
I decided to rebel against the taper *gasp* and run five miles instead of four this morning. Living on the edge, right?
I just really wanted to run in the park. I miss the park since it’s been four whole days since we got to spend some quality time together. I also did some stride outs — they weren’t fast enough to be called sprints, but they were a good way to stretch and speed up my legs a bit.
The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is check my non-important email, mostly to see if I won a book on Goodreads, and then check out the weather. Of course, this week I’ve been stalking Houston’s 10-day forecast.
I swear, Mother Nature has it out for me.
When I first started looking at the forecast, it was mid to high 50s, and one day even showed a bit of rain. I can do rain. Now the temperature on race day is inching upwards (bringing me back to the days leading up to Chicago, bleh)…
It is supposed to be a high of 65 on Sunday.
OK, so that’s not terrible but I hope that it stops creeping. I am excited that the race kicks off at 7 a.m., so I should be done around 10:30 a.m. That means it shouldn’t be too warm at that time. But come on Mother Nature, let’s just keep it on the cool side.
Do you become a habitual weather checker leading up to a race? What is the hottest race you’ve ever ran in?
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Don't let the weather get to you, you're going to have a great race still! It will be early enough in the day that I bet you wont even notice it! Sometimes the best thing in taper is to just listen to what your body needs, whether it be less miles…or more miles!
Thanks!!
We'll have to send good running vibes to each other on race day morning… 
Everyone I know obssessively checks the weather starting at least a week before a race. Hopefully the forecast won't keep creeping up for Houston. The warmest race I ever ran was Death Valley, which was in the upper 70's at the finish. Even worse, though, was my first marathon at White Rock, when it was already in the low 70's at the start, extremely humid, and a headwind gusting up to 35 mph. Humidity and high wind are my arch enemies. My second marathon in OKC was almost exactly the same, but with headwinds up to 45 mph. I seriously considered giving up marathons after the second one!
Yikes! I hope your next one has ideal weather conditions — you deserve it after running through all that!
I hate running in the heat! I get so paranoid about hot weather
this year at the steamtown marathon it was hotter than I would like. I think it got up to the 70s that day. Ick.
Hope the temperatures stop creeping upwards!
Yuck! I wish we could control the weather on marathon days.
I used to live in Jacksonville, FL and running there was the worst; no matter what time of day or year, it was always too hot (even if it was raining!).
Hey, Lora! I'm loving your new blog. I am so right there with you in the heat-hating. I am also such a forecast watcher, even when I know it's not productive at all. (And btw, I ran Chicago, too!) I'll be crossing my fingers for cool and cloudy for you on Sunday morning. Good luck!!
Thanks! I had no idea you were at Chicago, too!
My relatives who live in Houston don't even own coats. Maybe they have one sweater. Good luck in your race! With starting so early, the race temps will probably be no problem. I ran Nashville in April last year, and it was blazing. Luckily, I only did the half, but this year, I crazily signed up for the full. Why?!!
I think craziness is a pre-requisite to being a marathoner.
Haha. Right now when I check the weather I'm just worrying about SNOW! Hope the weather holds out for you!
You can send that snow here!! Well after this weekend so it doesn't mess up our travel…