Getting in a Good Workout

Workout: 3 miles easy

Here is the problem with Matt leaving for work at 6...I have to get up and run at 5. Here is the problem with running at 5 a.m. ...it is still pitch black. I have run a few times at this hour, but I just don't feel safe. The entire time I am on edge. Although temperature wise this is the PERFECT time to run I am not comfortable with it. I could always run in the evenings, but after spending all day with the two little ones I usually don't have the energy. That means I am stuck working out around 3:30.

Here is the problem with running at 3:30....it is BLAZING hot!!! And while most palm trees can make anything look good they don't provide any shade! I mean check out this tree by my house:

Um, yeah, so not only is this one ugly palm tree, but it isn't anywhere near the sidewalk, and even if it were, it pretty much only provides enough shade for a few ants. So down the road I slowly trot wiping the sweat from my burning eyes every 7 seconds.

And I wonder to myself, do big shade trees exist down here? Because I don't recall ever seeing any.

So, most of the time I have to just take it super easy. It is hard to push myself with the intense heat. Whenever I try to do speed work I usually end up feeling sick because of the high temperatures. It is frustrating only getting in one tough workout a week, (usually a Saturday morning) but I know how my body is, and it doesn't cooperate with the scorching sun. So until the sun starts rising earlier, or until my husband gets a new job where he leaves at a decent hour, I am forced to to take it easy. :(

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