Start time: 01/24/05, 7:45pm

Location: Gold’s Gym

Distance: ~5.05 miles

Average pace: ~10:54min/mile

Time: 55 minutes

Ugh. My gym was unbearably hot tonight. How hot? So hot that around 20 minutes in, I was starting to feel like it was August and I was running on a hot summer day. By 40 minutes in I was playing the “well, maybe just five more minutes” game to keep going despite the fact that I was really planning on running for a full hour. And at 55 minutes, utterly roasting, I suddenly felt dizzy and sick. Needless to say, I slammed my hand down on the “stop” button and that was that. I’d drank plenty of water before and during, so I don’t think that was the problem. I think it was just too hot. Geez, that’s something you don’t expect to say in January.