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Met Office Issues First UK Extreme Heat Warning

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An extreme heat weather warning for parts of the UK has been issued for the first time by the Met Office, and will be in place until Thursday morning. It can vers large parts of Wales, all of the south-west England and parts of southern and central England.

Keep safe and well hydrated. Happy ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

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Indielass00Graduate

Thanks for the info. Apart from dropping my daughter and collecting her from school Iโ€™m hibernating indoors ! Far too hot for me ๐Ÿฅต

โ€ข in reply toIndielass00

Mer too!! Iโ€™ll walk, but itโ€™s too hot to run for me.

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Indielass00Graduateโ€ข in reply to

I must admit Iโ€™m not walking as much as I normally do but once it cools down I will be back to normal ๐Ÿ˜€

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drun

If you are in the part of the UK affected. A pinned post contains some advice about running in the heat. Stay Safe

healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

nowster profile image
nowsterGraduate

Indeed! I'm temporarily in NW Wales and have severely cut back on the lengths of runs I've been doing, and creeping them earlier and earlier in the morning.

My original plans were to do 18km and 20km the last two weekends but I could barely manage 5km on two occasions before flagging. Even completing 3km runs has proved hard.

โ€ข in reply tonowster

I donโ€™t plan to run until the heatwave is over. In South Wales weโ€™re expecting rain Saturday, I might run then.

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nowsterGraduateโ€ข in reply to

I'm hoping to run my first ever "real" parkrun on Saturday morning (in England). It is forecast to be a little cooler then.

โ€ข in reply tonowster

We donโ€™t have park run here yet. We donโ€™t have many parks that are flat!

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nowsterGraduateโ€ข in reply to

If it had been up and running again in Wales last weekend I'd have done the Pwllheli one which is run on the beach there.

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SueAppleRunGraduate

Good advice

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CressidaBGraduate

Thanks VeganDave

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JilldiamondGraduate

Well thanks for that Dave (though I think I noticed it was hot without the Met Office report). I had been putting off running since last Thursday but woke just after 5 this morning so went out then. So lovely to be cooler, though I only ran for about 25 minutes. Good luck with your next run.Where exactly are you in South Wales?

Jill

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Sunny Swansea.

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JilldiamondGraduate

How great, not far from Gower then. I come from Ammanford but have lived in S W England for ages. Do miss home but am off to saundersfoot on holiday with the family on Monday.

โ€ข in reply toJilldiamond

I came from England to Swansea! My mum was Welsh and my ancestors come from Tenby. When the weather cools considerably Iโ€™ll try and run on the beach here.

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JilldiamondGraduateโ€ข in reply to

How lucky you are! Enjoy

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couchvssofaGraduate

Hopefully will start to cool down from the weekend where I am, have been heading out for runs in the late evening to avoid the heat

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