September maximum temperatures were above average to very much above average around broad areas of coastal Australia. The western half of Western Australia was particularly warm, with large areas experiencing September daytime temperatures in the top 10% of all years (decile 10).
Before you know it, you are running a 5k! But a lot of runners have a hard time making improvements after they have become comfortable with 2-3 mile runs. You want to continue to build your endurance and run a little further or longer. Maybe you even want to run a 10 miler or half marathon, but itâs daunting.
For example running long threshold sessions and doing 90 minutes long runs for a 400m/800m type will not be optimal training for him/her, but can be good training for the 800m/1500m type. For the fast 800m runner their strength is speed and anaerobic endurance.