Day 107 – EU – Italy [Brisighella to Forli]

08/06/20

28km

  From Brisighella (Italy) to Forli (Italy)

Europe

A welcome shorter day to let my legs catch up on what I am requiring of them!

I didn’t even try to make today’s route any longer: I went straight to the target, Forli, using the shortest way possible between two dots on a map! I felt my legs had taken a bit of a beating in the Apennines and it was my intention to ease the load today.

Not only does my body have to adjust to the daily marathon running, but it also has to cope with much higher temperatures. I haven’t been acclimatized to this, I got thrown in it. My approach is to let things catch up with me, take time. The rest of the European route is likely to be even hotter. Specialists are predicting a particularly hot summer.

Adjusting to hot temperatures while running is a tough job on the body. I recall when I moved to Singaporea country on the equator with 90% humidity and 30+ Celsius every day of the year] it took me months to finally be able to go out and enjoy a 10km run. The adjustment is about reaching the balance: how much water you lose versus how much your body is able to absorb and metabolize. And the latter is a difficult variable to modify.

Southern Europe is (luckily) not as extreme as Singapore’s weather, but I still need to adjust gradually to the summery temperatures, the heavy sweating and the necessity to absorb more water. Doing so whilst running daily marathons is quite tricky… still feasible!

Anyhow, today I enjoyed a shorter run, and tomorrow I will make my way to Ravenna, where I’ll enjoy a rest-day too. I will be back on the coast, by the sea, having crossed the country from side to side. What’s not to like!

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Here is the map of today’s run: