HOT HOT HOT Watermelon Aug 2023:
It’s getting HOT… like record setting heat HOT… like I’ve skipped out on training runs or have forced myself to go to the gym and run the treadmill HOT and today is no exception with a feels like of 86 upon arrival at coral, 85 minutes before starting and 88 as I was heading back to the car. Like always bib pick up was a quick in and out from the golf club though this time since I was running the series I got a shirt I think if the shirt were a lighter wicking material and I wasn’t theming my outfits I might of considered wearing it but since it was on the heavy side and I was theming my OOTD was my green livi skort, pink mayfair 2023 tank and my watermelon bondi band… I arrived at the parking area on race day earlier than past events this series at 6:25 and got in my coral at 6:37. I was in coral 10/10 again like in July (with my expected finish submitted as my pre pandemic 5k PR of 42 mins) and the bugs didn’t care about the repellent wrist band I was wearing. To beat the heat I...