One sweaty weekend

Summer is coming. We haven't gotten there yet, but Saturday, I had my first really sweaty run, and it was barely 80 degrees when I finished. But despite feeling like I had been running in the rain again, it turned out to be a great morning to run.

I set out for about 12 miles along the Charles. All my regular running buddies were unavailable this weekend, so I took off solo. Running for almost 2 hours alone can be intimidating, but as I started, I found the first 5 miles passed really quickly and had no doubt I'd finish all 12 just fine. Lucky for me, I didn't have to. I ran into Tommy M. on my turnaround at the Mass Ave Bridge and he was nice enough to join me for the next 6.5 miles of my run. And I thought those first 5 miles went fast! I ended up finishing with 13 miles and very salty.

Today, I was excited to finally take a yoga class with my favorite instructor, omgal, Rebecca Pacheco. I've missed her class for 2 weeks and it was the one thing on my to do list today I was not skipping.

In case I thought yesterday's run was a hot one, this class put things in perspective. The temperature outside plus the heat in the studio led to one very soggy yogi (me). I swear other people were not sweating as much! It always makes me laugh when I bend forward in a stretch and see not just drops of sweat falling from my skin, but an actual stream. Hot. Literally. But the class was awesome and just what I needed.

I'm sipping my third glass of water - after a bottle of vitamin water and a glass of Crystal Light lemonade. No dehydration here. Bring it on summer, I'm ready.