May 20, 2026 · 5 min · 7 segments
If you've stepped outside for a run lately and thought "why does this feel so much harder than it did two months ago," this one's for you. Summer running is humbling, and if you're in the middle of a…
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Hello, and welcome back to the My First Marathon podcast, where usually we're interviewing runners in all stages of their running careers about their first marathon experiences.
If you live somewhere where you're starting to have to run in hotter and hotter weather, especially if this is the first time that you're experiencing it, your running might be feeling a little bit different than you're used to.
First things first, if you're training for a fall race, you are doing the hardest training of your cycle in the hardest time of the year to do it.
Give yourself some credit for that, give yourself some grace, and know that pushing through summer running or late spring running, uh, doesn't just prepare your body for race day, it also builds this kind of mental toughness that you won't fully appreciate until you're out there in October feeling strong.
Today I'm gonna walk you through three things you can do to make summer running way more manageable.
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Hello, and welcome back to the My First Marathon podcast, where usually we're interviewing runners in all stages of their running careers about their first marathon experiences.
If you live somewhere where you're starting to have to run in hotter and hotter weather, especially if this is the first time that you're experiencing it, your running might be feeling a little bit different than you're used to.
First things first, if you're training for a fall race, you are doing the hardest training of your cycle in the hardest time of the year to do it.
Give yourself some credit for that, give yourself some grace, and know that pushing through summer running or late spring running, uh, doesn't just prepare your body for race day, it also builds this kind of mental toughness that you won't fully appreciate until you're out there in October feeling strong.
Today I'm gonna walk you through three things you can do to make summer running way more manageable.