I've been away for a week in Spain where I managed to do a mile run, during one of the hottest summers that they've had. Even the locals were complaining that it was too hot.

 

I managed to do the mile in 15 minutes which, considering the temperature was around 32c and was mostly hills (didn't help me taking a wrong turn) was something that I was happy with.

 

I was also happy to read in a running magazine that every 3 degrees centrigrade over 16 degrees adds 30 seconds to your time. So, add the hills to the heat and I'm happy with the run that I managed.

 

Yesterday I also managed to knock another 11 seconds from my 5k personal best. Unfortunately I pushed myself a tad too hard so I wasn't able to keep running and do the 10k I'd planned for.

 

Next run I'm going to try for 7.5k, finishing on the stair climb. Which is going to hurt.