A heat wave has struck Johannesburg! For the past week the temperatures have reached well into the 30's. It has been unbearably hot on some days..(especially when you are stuck in a (non air conditioned) classroom with 37 pre-teens who think its cool to keep their jerseys on all day!) Needles to say, this makes running fairly tricky. While in Summer it's accepted that we need to leave the house later than usual for evening runs so as to avoid the heat of the day, its preferable that we don't run in the dark...particularly if you're a small, defenseless and not very fast runner, like me! But when it's still 29 degrees at 17:00, a long run becomes quite a struggle. So the general consensus at our weekly Time Trial this evening, was that it's just been too hot to run much this week, hence a low mileage week pretty much all round. Of course, being typically Joburg weather, we can probably expect a few thunderstorms in the next couple of days. And you can be sure we'll complain about that too. When it's too hot, we can't run. When it's too cold, we don't want to run. When it's raining, we're just not motivated enough to run. So when exactly are we satisfied with the weather? It can't be a perfect 18 degrees for every run! Well, you'll find even in the bad weather conditions (bar a few) we'll lace up our running shoes, take a hat and stay hydrated or run in a wind or rain protector. Oh yes, we'll get out that door and do our necessary training...but there's going to be much complaining after that run! Because lets face it, if we weren't complaining about the weather or something else, what else would we discuss for an hour after every run!
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