I had planned a 13 to 14 miler (whatever it would end up being) for me and my dad to run. I wanted to revisit the Ogden Parkway. The last time we ran there it was a bit rough on my dad (remember he fell?). I wanted to conquer the entire path. I told my dad I would be at his house right after he got out of church because I knew it would be getting hot later that day. But my dad took his sweet time getting home and by the time he walked in the door I wanted to call off the run. It was already getting hot and frankly I was mad he took so long getting home. He put on his sweet face and talked me into still doing the run. He said it would be "good for us" to run in the heat. He always tells me that when he was younger he would get off work and go running in the high heat. He always thought it was good to train like that. hmmmm OK
When we pulled into the parking lot and the car said 88 degrees I told him we were crazy. Luckily we both packed our large water bottles but I will tell you it didn't matter. I needed to carry a water cooler! By mile 3 I was stopping to jump in the river. I ended up diving into the river a total of 5 times to cool off. I had to force my dad into the river in fear of him overheating. I don't know how he didn't keep getting in the river because every time I got in the river it bought me my next mile. When we made it to the pond I told my dad we should just run around the pond two times instead of going all the way to the end of the parkway because I needed to stay near the river. I can't remember what mile it was but we hit Washington Blvd and I had to ask the owner of a restaurant if he would be kind enough to fill my water bottle because I had run out of water and I seriously started feeling lightheaded. The cold ice water revived me a bit and we continued on. But within a few miles we were walking the majority of the time. I was determined to make at least 13 miles, so that's what we did. But most of the end was of us walking.
After we were done Tom told me I was right and that really was dumb! Geez, sometimes I have to teach my dad some stuff.
When we pulled into the parking lot and the car said 88 degrees I told him we were crazy. Luckily we both packed our large water bottles but I will tell you it didn't matter. I needed to carry a water cooler! By mile 3 I was stopping to jump in the river. I ended up diving into the river a total of 5 times to cool off. I had to force my dad into the river in fear of him overheating. I don't know how he didn't keep getting in the river because every time I got in the river it bought me my next mile. When we made it to the pond I told my dad we should just run around the pond two times instead of going all the way to the end of the parkway because I needed to stay near the river. I can't remember what mile it was but we hit Washington Blvd and I had to ask the owner of a restaurant if he would be kind enough to fill my water bottle because I had run out of water and I seriously started feeling lightheaded. The cold ice water revived me a bit and we continued on. But within a few miles we were walking the majority of the time. I was determined to make at least 13 miles, so that's what we did. But most of the end was of us walking.
After we were done Tom told me I was right and that really was dumb! Geez, sometimes I have to teach my dad some stuff.
**STATS**
Distance: 13.00 miles
Time: 2:36:39
Pace: 12:03/min/mile
Temperature: 88!
Time of day: 10:43 a.m
Time: 2:36:39
Pace: 12:03/min/mile
Temperature: 88!
Time of day: 10:43 a.m
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