It's so HOT I am literally burning myself out

Summer is here and with it a disgusting humid environment and temperatures reaching over 35 degrees celcius on very hot days. Running in the summer is asking for it, funny though, many runners (me included) use these hot months as build up period, meaning hard long runs and lots of sweat.

In the last 5 weeks somehow I have managed to loose 4 kilos. I weight myself the other week while trying to figure out my wetsuit size and to my surprise I was at 54.5 kg. SHOCKING!

I am very picky about my weight as I know I have to be light to run, but at the same time want to stay near 60 kg so I try to eat a lot whenever I can. Yesterday after a swim I weight myself again to see if there was any improvement ... !!!! 53.8 kg. I am disappearing.

Hopefully it's just summer thing ...

One good thing is ... the hotter it gets the less clothing athletes wear ;-)

On another note ...
I finally applied and paid for my triathlon. It's such an expensive sport. To give you an idea here is what prices normally are for gear:
Bike: USD 700 - 7000
Wetsuit: USD 200 - 800
Tri-suit: USD 100 - 300
Bike gear: USD 200 - 500 (shoes, helmet, etc)
And of course you need your running wear, gels, drinks etc.
As for me, for now I will borrow a bike, perhaps when I take this sport seriously I will buy my own. Wetsuit I am buying online. A De Soto Wetsuit. Apparently on the high end of competitiveness. Bike gear I will not wear. I trust my running and swim so I will just struggle and survive on the bike leg.
Oh man can't wait! Can't wait for the punishment and pain! 1500 meter swim - 40 km bike - 10 km run. I know it will hurt as I just began preparing 6 weeks before rather than 6 months before ... but I know ... I think ... I will do a good job.
...hopefully my application wasn't rejected....

June running: Just jogging

Summer is here and races are over. Nothing really to prepare for ... it's a time to build up, crosstrain and enjoy playing other sports.
Highlight of the month: Football!

June

1.- Soccer (5km)
2.- Jog 20 km
3.- Jog 15 km @ 4.10/km
4.- 4 x 1000 - 3 min 400 meter recovery jog: Total 15 km
3.20 - 3.23 - 3.15 - 3.04
24 km cycling
5.- Rest
6.- Jog 17 km
7.- Jog 18 km
8.- Jog 15 km
9.- Jog 17 km
10.- Rest
11.- Jog 15 km
12.- Jog 18 km @ 4.02/km
13.- Rest
14.- Soccer tournament (about 17km)
15.- Soccer tournament (about 11km)
16.- Rest
17.- 6 km Tempo – 3.40 pace: Total 14 km
Splits: 3.43 - 3.44 - 3.43 - 3.43 - 3.48 - 3.27
18.- Jog 12 km
19.- Jog 15 km
20.- Rest
21.- Rest
22.- Jog 26 km
23.- Jog 14 km
24.- 15 km Tempo - 3.38 pace: Total 23 km
Splits: 3.37 - 3.38 - 3.37 - 3.39 - 3.36 - 3.36 - 3.38 - 3.38 -3.39 - 3.37 - 3.39 - 3.39 - 3.38 - 3.34 - 3.38
25.- Jog 15 km
26.- Rest
27.- Jog 17 km
28.- 6 x 1000 - 1 min 200 meter recovery jog: Total 15 km
3.17 - 3.16 - 3.14 - 3.13 - 3.09 - 3.09
29.- Easy circuit training
30.- Jog 17 km

Total run: 351 km
Total bike: 24 km

To try a tri or not to try ...

I really want to do a triathlon. Why? Because triathletes look cool.
I think, or well, I should be able to become a pretty competitive triathlete with some training and races under my belt. I am a relatively strong runner and my swim is above average than most triathletes. The cycling section would be the main problem, however I am sure I can handle it.
Unfortunately > no time to practice 3 sports > but still I want to do a triathlon.
There is one going in in exactly 7 weeks and I have 3 more weeks before the registration closes.
How things look so far: Pretty much no swimming in the last 10 months. Definitely no cycling in the last 306 months. Lots of running though if that counts for anything.
7 weeks though ... if I can get 2 swims per week I am sure I can go under 30 minutes in the 1500 meter open water swim easily.
7 weeks .... with a bit of commute cycling I can probably manage to get under 80 minutes for the 40 km leg.
Transitions would be the enemy to beat. Not used to this multi-sport deal and my legs might not be able to take the changes.
To try a tri or not to try.

My 1500, 5000 and half marathon progression

*Listed from oldest to recent times (only pbs are listed).

Half Marathon

2005 Nov. 20: 1 hr 23 min 06 sec
2006 Jan. 08: 1 hr 21 min 41 sec
2006 Mar. 26: 1 hr 19 min 18 sec
2006 Oct. 29: 1 hr 19 min 14 sec
2006 Nov 19: 1 hr 14 min 39 sec

5000 meters

2006 Mar. 29: 17.33.35
2006 Apr. 26: 17.22.79
2006 Aug. 30: 17.01.53
2006 Sep. 27: 16.41.22
2006 Oct. 04: 16.31.50
2007 May. 31: 16.19.98
2007 Jul. 26: 16.19.53
2007 Sep. 27: 16.10.50
2008 Mar. 27: 15.58.55

1500 meters

2006 Jul. 15: 4.32.90
2006 Sep. 10: 4.32.17
2006 Oct. 15: 4.26.73
2007 Apr. 01: 4.17.63
2007 Jul. 16: 4.13.31
2007 Sep. 02: 4.13.30
2008 Apr. 06: 4.12.98
2008 Apr. 29: 4.10.06

So far so good. My 1500, 5000 and half marathon times are improving at a still good rate, meaning there is still a lot of room for improvement.
Another positive point is that my latest personal bests were done out of shape, weeks after my marathon debut (race that I did out of shape). I am very sure in the fall all the above times will be in the past.
Now the important thing to think about is what to do from there. Going under 70 minutes in the half marathon of 4 minutes in the 1500 requires more than 22 days a month of training. I will have to re-think my running goals and how they could affect my other goals by the end of this year.