107 degrees and B&E--oh my!

If you flip through my Facebook page, you'll see that people are talking about two things: how they feel about the health care decision from the Supreme Court and the heat. I have strong feelings about both, but only one is really impacting my running. So at 5:30 this morning, I dragged my tired butt out of bed knowing that if I didn't get my run in before 9:00, I wouldn't be able to run today. It's going to be 107 degrees today. Yesterday, it was 104. I rode my bike last night.

I don't run well on no food, but I don't get up early enough to eat before I run when I run at 5:30. It's an interesting dilemma. So I set out this morning slogging my way down the street thinking about how great some oatmeal would be (odd what I crave) and generally trying to cloud up my mind enough to keep moving forward. That's when I spotted them. Fellow runners! Females! Coming towards me down the street. Really? A mirage. Certainly.

Oddly, the two females coming towards me down the street spotted me and then suddenly darted behind a house. I thought that was a little strange. Just keep running. Just keep running.

As I came up on the house that they had darted behind and passed it, I looked to my right to see one of the two girls boosting the other girl into a half-opened window while trying to negotiate the blinds. Teenagers. Hmmmm.

So I'm a mom. And a teacher. And both of those hats made me want to stop and throw some form of torture on these children who are clearly sneaking back in the house. Did I stop right in the middle of the street and ask them loudly what the hell they are doing knowing that the window they are trying to sneak into is right next to another open window in the house? Nah. I kept running. I could have called the cops and told them that I saw someone breaking and entering. I thought about stopping by the house if I see the mom in the front yard later and mentioning the nonsense. But this morning, I just kept running. It distracted me from the fact that I was hungry.

Things I'm thinking about:

• I'm signing up for a half marathon in October. The same one I ran last October. I'm going to train for it. And I'm going to set a time goal. I don't usually do that. 
• I don't understand why I'm so slow. I get that it's hot. But I should be faster. I can explain all the reasons why, but I should be faster. Suggestions welcome.
• If I can drop about fifteen pounds before that half marathon in October, that will certainly help with the second bullet there. 
• I hate push-ups and crunches. But I'm doing them. Daily. 

How are folks out there beating the heat?