The perils of running in hot weather!

19/06/13 - Before I start I want to say thank you to the people who have read my blog so far.  I know it was a bit all over the place but as my running gets better hopefully so will my blogging.  Or I’ll run out of things to say in the blog as I run out of energy to run.  

I’m also still not sure if I should blog once a week or after each run…  Any suggestions gratefully received.

I am writing today’s entry in two parts, the first before I have run, while I’m still coherent and able to string a sentence together and the second after the run , when I will be no doubt, sweaty, tired and gasping for breath. 

Since my Monday “recovery run”, when last we spoke, my left Achilles has been really hurting.  “Recovery” run my botty!  This could be an issue as tonight I am going to do a long run instead of the interval training.  I’m leaving for my holiday on Friday and I’ll do interval training on the beach on Saturday.

But some good news, this morning my Achilles is feeling much better.  I am attributing this to the fact that I did the ironing yesterday for two and a half hours.  I have no idea if that has anything to do with it but I’m not one to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Ok off for a run, speak to you in a bit…..

Arrgghh!  That was hard today.  It was only 11.2k in 59 minutes but it was so hot today, (24 degrees C).  I really hope that the GNR isn’t like that, I may not make it.  My Achilles isn’t totally fixed as I could feel it aching a bit as I went round (More ironing required???).  But today that wasn’t the issue, it was the heat.  It was also my first long run after work so I wonder if I had a bit less energy.

Well thank you for reading.

Today’s blog was brought to you by the letter “S” for sweaty mess and “I” for I’m off for a sit down and my tea.