Hello Humid Houston

I'm back in Houston for a few days and so back to my familiar running routes around my neighbourhood. The jet lag is rather killing me and being wide awake at a ridiculously early hour it seemed like a great idea to get my run ticked off the to do list.

However, I have discovered that running in the dark is quite challenging. Even on my good days I do not lift my feet that high while running and so the uneven surfaces, loose tree limbs and pot holes that are spread over my route become an obstacle course and lets just say that I did two spectacular 'almost face plants' that got my heart racing and the air a little blue!  Luckily no one was around to witness my graceful escapades as at 5am there really aren't too many other mad people out breaking a sweat.

The other problem with running in Houston is the insane levels of humidity and temperature, today at 5am it was 72 degrees - seriously! It doesn't take much to make me melt but I'm obviously a very picky runner as I like the temperatures cool, a flat running service and a little breeze to help me along. But I keep plodding on as I cant let David and Greg beat me in our online Nike challenge and I'm hoping to persuade Christel to join our challenge soon to get a little girl power going. My Houston runners are coming to the end of their life having done almost 400 miles so I get to go shoe shopping today for another colourful pair of Asics to help me see my feet in the dark and hopefully protect my bones from the abuse of running 100+ miles a month.

Happy running my friends