With 36°C, today was the hottest day of the year so far. I’m not really keen on when it’s that warm, but to make matters worse, today was the day of our annual team run. A team of developers I’m regularly working with and myself joined lots of other companies for a running event.

I’m not a very good runner, but I try to run at least twice a week. And under normal circumstances, this run today would have been easily manageable. But in weather conditions like this, the whole thing became a lot more challenging.

I did well. To be honest: it wasn’t by far as bad as I thought it would be. The crucial point today was water. It sounds trivial, but I tried to drink at least three litres of water every day for the entire week and today I even went for four litres – just in case. I’m certain that drinking a lot of water not only makes me less tired, but also helps me to cope with exhausting situations like running in hot weather. And that’s what I learnt today.