Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer 
It was not so much that I liked it hot and humid. It was just that those conditions slowed everyone else down more than it affected me. In 1969, when I ran Boston, the starting temperature in Hopkinton was edging up to the 90's(freaky for April). I was loving it. Around the 17 mile mark, about the qarea of that downhill, we ran into a drizzle, a sea breeze, and falling temperatures down to the 60's. That combination darn near killed me.
My fastest outdoor times in the mile, the two mile, the 200 meters(rarely run now), the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters all were recorded on hot sticky days with virtually no wind. I am far too old now to dream about ever doing much running again(along with two knee surgeries), but at age 55, Jenny and I each entered a local race and I did cover the 2 miles in under 11 minutes in weather than could best be described as sultry(98 degrees and 90% humidity).
It was not so much that I liked it hot and humid. It was just that those conditions slowed everyone else down more than it affected me. In 1969, when I ran Boston, the starting temperature in Hopkinton was edging up to the 90's(freaky for April). I was loving it. Around the 17 mile mark, about the qarea of that downhill, we ran into a drizzle, a sea breeze, and falling temperatures down to the 60's. That combination darn near killed me.
My fastest outdoor times in the mile, the two mile, the 200 meters(rarely run now), the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters all were recorded on hot sticky days with virtually no wind. I am far too old now to dream about ever doing much running again(along with two knee surgeries), but at age 55, Jenny and I each entered a local race and I did cover the 2 miles in under 11 minutes in weather than could best be described as sultry(98 degrees and 90% humidity).
