Traveling again

Well tonight I find myself in Ft. Walton Beach, FL. I'm here for 2 weeks of Army training. I got in about 3pm and had plans to go for a long run but for some reason I fell asleep and took a nice long nap instead. I woke up around 5pm and finally got out the door for a run around 5:30pm. It's hot and very humid here!! I probably should have done a short run today just to acclimate to the heat and humidity but I didn't. I started the run on the white sand beach but that only lasted about half a mile. The sand here is like powdered sugar and I was only averaging a 10 min mile pace on the beach. So I got off the beach the first chance I had and ran on the beach access road. OMG it was hot!! I was planning to do an out and back but I ran into a military installation that I didn't know about. So I had to turn around and head back the other way. Lucky for me the other way went right passed my hotel and I stopped for some water there at about the 40 minute mark. When I left the hotel, again, I followed the road toward town and took the bridge over the inter-coastal waterway. That was a nice hill both ways. I turned around after the bridge and ran the road back towards the military installation. When I was heading back toward the hotel I could hear thunder and the sky didn't look to favorable so I cut the run short by about 15 minutes.

Overall it was a pretty good run. I ran 1:15:50 for a distance of 9.4 miles. Not to bad considering the heat, humidity and my lead legs. Tomorrow I'm working all day and doubt I'll get in a run or swim. I'll just have to wait and see.

Have a great day!