Hot Austin

I have heard how hot it gets here in Austin (this is my first summer here), and I now believe it. I ran yesterday (long by my standards, 1 hr 30 min) and it was H-O-T. Of course, I went at about 9:30 which was already too 'late' to beat the heat. I stopped at the awesome water stops supplied by Run Tex here in town (they supply 2 different water stops all the time, always fully stocked with ice cold water) and still I struggled to finish. I am glad I don't have a GPS because I don't think I would have wanted to know my pace! But I just tell myself, 'It makes you stronger'. Today is a 'down day', I did a 4000 swim this morning and a long, easy pull set. It is funny, I get so antsy on 'easy days'. I will use the evening to do some yoga, something which I love to do but rarely find the time for when training is heavy. I like to get in 1-2 good, solid 30 min- 1 hour sessions/week of a mix of yoga and pilates. Since I don't strength train, this works for me as excellent stretching and strengthening work, as well as getting the little kinks out from hard training. That is about all I got...I have a friend coming in town Tuesday for 4th of July so I am hammering out work now to prepare to chill out with her! And we may even 'jump into' the Firecracker 5k, which is at 8:00 AM July 4th. I figure, a good way to get my speed work in for the week!