Yeah Sept. and it's.............

FRICKIN HOT peeps!!  Like Hades is p'bly cooler than here the last few days.  It was a blood boiling 110 yesterday.  Yep, that is a BIG 1-1-0.  Sucks!!  You know it is hot when you get in your pool to cool off and the water (that you never have heated...at all) is 87 degrees or there abouts.  Still slightly cooler than the ambient temp mind you, but........yeah, you get the point.

Mind you I do not train or race well in the heat.  I do go out in the a.m., but sometimes it is getting up there with the heat index by about the middle of my run.  I deal, but I need to gently remind myself that I WILL not race in the heat.  Repeat....WILL not race in the heat.  I always take notice and think about running races in tropical venues or running races with names like Running With The Devil or Mt.Disappointment....like duh!  Look at the names girlfriend (yeah, I tend to talk to myself quite often), why would it be that they give these names to said events....HELLO!?  McFly are you in there? 

They (the summer races/events) look challenging and god awful painful.   Hey, I have some patients and their families that are xtra challenging, (not xactly the right word).....now if I knew about them before taking report on them...would I volunteer to take them and their luggage on for the day?  Yeah, I think not.  Sooo, why am I so eager to do it with a racing event that I know will cause great physical and mental discomfort, pain and possibly even death?  Yeah, I'm dramatic at times, what can I say?  You get the jist of it tho.

Speaking of self flagellation, I was watching with great interest and awe mind you, the Discovery Channel this afternoon.  Their show was of elite military boot camp basically.  You know, Special Ops/Forces, such as the Navy Seals, USAF Pararescue, Army Rangers, etc.  What these guys put themselves thru to make the cut into the Elite is butt crazy!  It makes training and doing an IM and/or Badwater look like a walk in the park.  Seriously...a frickin walk in the park.