The heat!!

[Mashaswife]

Is anyone else really struggling in the heat? I can run 30 mins... but not above about 8 degrees!!

Think I may be a cold weather runner.

[PeggySusi Graduate]

I ran 30 slow minutes this morning, very early, to avoid heat and people, but the words “sweaty” and “beetroot” provide the most appropriate description for my condition by the end..🙄

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

You are a winter runner Mashaswife, if you don't want to run in temperatures above 8C/46F your running season will restart in November, hopefully by then things generally will be getting back to normal.

[Newbie59 Graduate]

Hi, I can't do heat, so I do my session early morning, well as early as I can make it. I was overdressed this morning and got very hot, so I will be thinking carefully about what to wear for the next one

[Mashaswife in reply to Newbie59]

I only wore shorts and a sports bra (I'm on a treadmill at home lol) so no scaring anyone. Did my ran at 8.15am...still too hot for me lol

[Equilux Graduate]

Me too! The warmer it gets, the earlier I run. Thinking ahead, I’m not sure how I’ll manage it in the heat of high summer but, equally, I’m not sure I’ll enjoy getting out there on a cold, rainy winter’s day either. I’m such a wuss! Maybe I’ll go back to a gym membership when they open again, so I can run on a treadmill in an air conditioned room in summer and winter, and enjoy my outdoor running in spring and autumn. Or maybe I just need to toughen up 😂

[Runjilly Graduate]

I'm not liking this heat either. I set off at 7.30 this morning and had to stop at 25 mins so had a longer walk home! I am definitely a colder weather runner but don't want the heat to defeat me so going to have to do earlier runs 😌

[Mashaswife in reply to Runjilly]

Do manage to eat something before you run if you run at that time in the morning?

[Runjilly Graduate]

No I usually just have some water and a cup of tea then enjoy breakfast when I get back!