Week 7 Run 2 - completed with no stopping but soooooooo hot!!!

[iain-strachan]

So I thought I'd be virtuous and get up at 5:50am, cycle in (gentle, 6 miles) and then do the run at 7:00 am. But then when woke up I felt lazy (two glasses of red wine last night taking their toll?) and thought Nah! I'll take the car in and do the run at lunchtime.

Well, the BBC says the temperature in Abingdon now is 26 but it felt a lot hotter than that! As I set off I felt the sun beating down on my black sports vest.

When I got to the shower room (ran up four flights of stairs) and sat down the sweat was just about pouring off me. I've spared you all the selfie of that!

Chilling out now with the endorphine trip!

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate]

Hope you are feeling cool now Iain😎

Well done for still running.

I'm waiting til this evening for my run, hopefully a bit of shade then...

[Whatsapp Graduate]

Mad dogs and Englishmen as they say Iain, and in a black t-shirt too!

I respect your valiant effort but have no plans to follow suit. I will take the early morning run over lunchtime every time.

But seriously, please be careful out there. And may I suggest a hat? As a man with little coverage up top, I find I suffer in the sun without a hat.

[iain-strachan Graduate in reply to Whatsapp]

Yes I don't think I'm going to do that again! A hat would have been a good idea too! I am hoping to do Run #3 at around 8:30pm on Friday and round a reservoir (weather permitting).