Apalachee River to Causeway 2005 LVII
Thursday, August 11, 2005 brint.adams@us.army.mil
Roland and I arrived at 5:00 PM this afternoon for another really hot workout. It was 94 degrees, humid, sunny with no breeze. The water level was low and starting to rise. We first planned to go six miles, but due to the high temperature opted for our regular five mile course.
We started out east down Pass Picada past the restaurants to the Apalachee. No one was out on the decks this afternoon as it was too hot to hang out outside. We did see an airboat out cruising around, but that was about it. We made the turn in 7:22 and back in 15:22. As we headed for the Causeway, Roland was out in front and went straight across the flats, while I circled around the boat channel buoys. I made up ground as he bogged down a little in the shallow water.
When we got close to the bridges, we both tucked in out of the direct sun for the last quarter mile, reaching the turnaround in 33:17. We didn't stick around long and hit it back as hard as we could, although it was a hard slog. When we reached the parking lot, we were both exhausted from the high heat. Our total time was 50:47 at 5.9 mph, which was not too bad considering the extreme conditions.
Roland and I arrived at 5:00 PM this afternoon for another really hot workout. It was 94 degrees, humid, sunny with no breeze. The water level was low and starting to rise. We first planned to go six miles, but due to the high temperature opted for our regular five mile course.
We started out east down Pass Picada past the restaurants to the Apalachee. No one was out on the decks this afternoon as it was too hot to hang out outside. We did see an airboat out cruising around, but that was about it. We made the turn in 7:22 and back in 15:22. As we headed for the Causeway, Roland was out in front and went straight across the flats, while I circled around the boat channel buoys. I made up ground as he bogged down a little in the shallow water.
When we got close to the bridges, we both tucked in out of the direct sun for the last quarter mile, reaching the turnaround in 33:17. We didn't stick around long and hit it back as hard as we could, although it was a hard slog. When we reached the parking lot, we were both exhausted from the high heat. Our total time was 50:47 at 5.9 mph, which was not too bad considering the extreme conditions.
posted by brint @ 9:32 PM
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