After an amazing week away in the picturesque sunny seaside of devon, I have returned to running with the WRC crowd as per my adjusted schedule and was hoping for an easy return to pick up roughly where I left off pre-marathon #5.
One thing that I hadn't factored in when planning this challenge was how much the heat could potentially affect me during longer runs. I have had plenty of experience running in the cold and the wet (this is England after all!!) but so far, the exposure to higher temperatures has been somewhat sparse.
On Tuesday we set off around the usual time of 5:40ish and whilst i'm not totally sure what the temperature was, I figure it was a few degrees the other side of hot! Luckily I had taken a bottle of water with me, but even this turned out to not be enough and I soon found myself flagging quite a lot, which culminated in having to walk up The Avenue (which is a long dragging climb nearby to my offce) which I haven't needed to do before.
Part of me thinks it is possibly that I have tried to do too much too soon since marathon #5, although I had been on a 5 mile run the saturday just before so I doubt it would be this. To be on the safe side however, I have skipped the wednesday night training with Poole Runners (which is a massive shame as I have only managed to make it out once previously with them and was looking forward to it), with the hope of returning to form on thursday.
However, in the event that it is the hydration and temperature issue, I will be doing a bit of research on how to cope or condition myself to cope with it and i'll post what I find!
Hope you're all doing well and having an awesome week!
