Who runs a road race in 95-degree heat?

As many of you know, I ran seven Marathons and many shorter distance races between 1989-92, so I know a little bit about this topic. When I was a member of the New York Road Runners Club, whenever the temperature rose above about 80 degrees, the run became a 'fun run.' No official clocks.

In Tel Aviv on Friday morning, they took two steps to account for the fact that it was 95 degrees (35