Yeah the heat can really get to you. I always feel worse after a 5000m
race in hot conditions than a half-marathon in cool conditions.
I once has the misfortune of running a 5000m track race in 29C heat in
the middle of day, no cloud, no wind and the track was in a bowl. I felt
like I was going to pass out for about 15 minutes after the race. My time
was rubbish too. Thankfully everybody else suffered so I still won by
~100m!

Which is exactly why Paula Radcliffe never deserved the pathetic comments
she received in our press after Athens. I'd like to see those journalists
run 800m in these type of conditions let alone a marathon!
....and well done to Ken and anyone else who took part. An achievement I very
much envy.

Dave