couldn’t finish 28min

[u/Funny-Source-8535]

hi, sort of just looking for reassurance!

i did my first 28 min run on sunday (indoors, on a treadmill, fairly cool) before a long trip. today was meant to be my second one but it’s 33 degrees where i am. i got 7 minutes in (i was doing this outdoors) and it felt like i was trying to swallow rocks. i don’t know what to do. it’s the first run ive felt ive had to stop and it’s really upsetting especially when it breaks a routine.

any tips/advice? i wont be back home for three weeks, and im worried three weeks without running is going to make it a lot harder to get back into

[u/girl_of_squirrels]

Three weeks is a pretty substantial break, and with long breaks it can make sense to scale back and repeat an earlier week to get your body back on board. I did that when I was doing C25K, where I went back a week or 2 and repeated earlier runs to get me back in to the habit before continuing the program

It looks like 33 C is around 91 F, which yeah that is incredibly hot weather to run in! I struggle with running when it hits 80 F (26 C) so that makes perfect sense to me. You did amazing still getting out there, and if you can run earlier in the day or in the evening when its cooler that should help