Well done Andy. I think it’s hard to understate how much the heat plays a part. 20-30 seconds per mile. That’s a lot. It’s also a tough route, simply because the downhill comes early in the race when we are all feeling fresh.
I’ve said to a few. Had I put a 10k hilly tempo run in the plan on a day with 25 degree heat, would you have run 53 mins? Almost certainly not. So a case of appreciating it will have helped the fitness going forward and take those positives from it.
