Alas, More Unseasonably Hot Weather

While writing about the weather may seem to be a cop-out choice for a blog article, this week's abnormally high, even stifling temperatures in Gainesville are nothing less than a big news story to me. Until Friday, temperatures are expected to rise into the nineties with little relief with the humidity. For someone like me who has been training to run a 26.2 mile marathon in December, this has been a real thorn in my side. I have had to run more moderate distances while waiting for temperatures to eventually drop again.

Of course, this unseasonably hot weather doesn't just affect my locality. In Valdosta, Georgia on Sunday, temperatures had soared as well into the nineties, making our visit to the theme park there less pleasant than it could have been. And we are getting no help at all either from a lack of rain throughout this period.

Friday morning is supposed to see the end of this meteorological anomaly, with highs returning to around eighty and lows in the fifties. I fully intend to get then go back to exploring the frontiers of my running endurance by piling on the mileage!