{"id":1702,"date":"2013-06-28T10:21:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T15:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2013-06-28T10:21:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T15:21:14","slug":"summer-heat-in-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=1702","title":{"rendered":"Summer Heat In Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Run: \u00a0Rest Day<\/p>\n<p>We live in the country just outside of Columbus, Mississippi and the weather is warming up! \u00a0Our property (just shy of 2 acres) only has two trees, trees that we planted two years ago. \u00a0The purpose of those trees was the hopes that in 5+ years, they would provide shade for the West side of the house. \u00a0They are young trees so it will be a while before we reap the benefits from those trees. \u00a0Patience is a virtue!<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, we build an arbor (I call it an arbor, my husband calls it a pergola) on the South side of the house. \u00a0This has been a godsend already this Summer! \u00a0We used to have the sun beat into the house from around 11:00 am to early evening. \u00a0Our air conditioner ran full time and that side of the house was unbearable. \u00a0So, YAY for the arbor\/pergola!<\/p>\n<p>We have been hopeful of a cooler Summer this year but it does not look like it is meant to be. \u00a0Yesterday was 107 F. and it is only June! \u00a0We average 100 F-105 F. for most of the Summer here. \u00a0The humidity is right up there as well. \u00a0It takes about two weeks to adjust to the heat and I think we are about ready for the furnace weather of Summer.<\/p>\n<p>The toughest part of Summer is running! \u00a0We have been leaving the house for our morning run at 5:30 but this morning at 5:30 it was already 78 F.! \u00a0Wowee!! \u00a0We may be bumping our early morning runs a bit earlier as we have our longer runs in preparation for our October marathon! \u00a0Thank goodness this morning is a rest day and we did not have to run.<\/p>\n<p>Wish us luck as we prepare for the Marathon and train in our unique weather! \u00a0Training for a Marathon is a challenge regardless of the weather. \u00a0The thought that keeps us going is that our race is in Bar Harbor, Maine, so while our friends will still be running in the heat\/humidity of home, we will be running in the crisp, cooler air of New England! \u00a0What a comforting thought!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=1703\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1703\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1703\" alt=\"IMG_20130628_101338_722\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_20130628_101338_722.jpg\" width=\"3264\" height=\"1836\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_20130628_101338_722.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_20130628_101338_722-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_20130628_101338_722-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_20130628_101338_722-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Run: \u00a0Rest Day We live in the country just outside of Columbus, Mississippi and the weather is warming up! \u00a0Our property (just shy of 2 acres) only has two trees, trees that we planted two years ago. \u00a0The purpose of those trees was the hopes that in 5+ years, they would provide shade for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,8,3,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1704,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702\/revisions\/1704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}