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# Forty degrees and no one cancels
- URL: https://www.readingrome.com/forty-degrees-and-no-one-cancels/
- Published: 2026-09-14T11:59:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T11:59:29.000Z
- Author: Maria Chugrova

Two figures on the gravel at midday, heat pushing 40, shadows pulled in tight under their feet. No one else on the path is questioning it. The run happens on the schedule the run happens on — the city just adjusts its pace, not its plans. Discipline here doesn't announce itself. It just keeps walking. RR