When I am in a crap mood walking/running makes me feel good. Without fail it works. The only problem being that when you are in a shit mood and you go walking in 39 degree (centigrade) heat (about 102 Fahrenheit). I started out OK but then stupidly decided to start running. Yes hindsight is a wonderful thing and if I were to think about it again I would not go out but I did and it was a dumb thing to do.
Trent was going to meet me along the way at various places to give me some water (we were going to visit my parents) but at about 2km I started getting dizzy, blurred vision and feeling like I needed to vomit. Not a good sign! Once Trent met me I had only walked 2.63km and it had taken me 32mins which shows how the heat was affecting me (I can do about double that distance in the same time frame).
After drinking 2 Gatorade drinks and litres of water I started to eventually feel better. Massive headache though, so I believe that I had heatstroke or something. So after all of that yes I did get a walk in but no I didn't feel any better, if anything I felt worse. My lesson has been learnt so from now on no walking/running in anything over 34 degrees and walk at night!
Distance travelled today: 2.63km
Distance travelled so far: 203.5km
Distance left to travel: 25,550.5km
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