BB2ME #17 — How to run in the scorching summer heat

I was dying, experiencing a complete meltdown. I could not breathe and was sweating like a pig. It was a hot summer day back in June 2018.

I was out for my normal evening run. The heat index was over 100 degrees.

I was still a mile from home and suffering badly. I thought — it cannot get any worse than this today. At least I was almost done — just ten more minutes.

Running into someone at the wrong time

I took a short walking break, a feeble attempt to cool down a bit.

A car I knew well turned the corner and rolled towards me. It was my old girlfriend. You have got to be kidding me — not now.

She was kind enough to smile and wave. I waved back. Of all the times to run into her — why now?

I bet she was thinking what dumbass goes for a run in this weather. This dumbass — that’s who.

Why I wrote this billboard

I am a runner. It is my exercise of choice.