It's been hot for the past week or so, with daily highs around 30C every day for the last 5 days in August. My previous two runs were early in the morning when it is fairly cool outside, but tonight I decided to go for a run in the evening after dinner. The sun was starting to go down, but it was still 27C outside (80F for any American readers that are out there)!
On top of the heat, today was the first "big" run of the C25K program. Up to today, the runs have consisted of intervals - running for a few minutes, walking for a few minutes. Today, I ran for 20 minutes straight over distance of 3.58K (measured precisely by Runkeeper)! At first it felt like I wasn't going to be able to do it, but once I got started I found that my endurance really had increased and I was able to keep moving without too much trouble. Due to the heat I was sweating pretty profusely by the end of the run, though.
On to week 6 and back to intervals for the next couple of days - hopefully the weather cools off a bit!
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