May is when it becomes almost unbearable to run in Houston after the sun rises, and for about 5 hours after the sun sets. Add Houston humidity, and it's just unbearable no matter the time of day.
It's safe to say I went into this challenge thinking that May-August would be difficult months to find bearable races to run. You might even say I was dreading the summer month race planning, so much so that I almost missed out on scheduling a race in May! Fortunately Kip found one, and it was exactly what I needed- with all my weekends booked for work, daughter and family activities, and keeping up with a household that comes in 3rd to everything else, I had limited hours to give not only to training but to a race as well!
Enter the City West 5K- a tiny race (there were less than 30 of us) that was organized by the fitness group that runs the gym in Kip's office complex. We ran a 2-loop course in the neighborhood behind City West in the steamy, boggy Thursday morning, and it was exactly like it sounds. Gross.
My Garmin said we only ran 2.8 miles, which seems about right with my 30-ish minute finish time, I had to walk for over a minute throughout the race because I couldn't find any oxygen from all the water in the air! But it was quick, and done before anyone arrived to work, so I was home before 8am and was able to get on with my day.
So now on to June and the rest of summer- it should only get more steamy and gross as the months heat up!
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