It was not an Olympic record, but it was a remarkable time considering the relative heat (mid-seventies), humidity (mid-nineties when it wasn't raining), perilously wet course, and absence of helpful pacers or, for that matter, many fans to push him along.
According to investigative journalist George Monbiot in his book Heat: "Until mid 2005, the BBC seemed incapable of hosting a discussion on climate change without bringing in one of the Exxon-sponsored deniers to claim it was not taking place".
It actually begins in the sweltering heat of mid-August, and reaches its peak in September.
The heat of mid-summer in Greece is fearsome and this course had been designed to minimise stress.
Similarly, we are testing out ways to control how fast vines respond to heat in mid-winter to delay loss of hardiness and prevent early budbreak.
In the CHP system, the waste heat with mid-low temperature was directly used to generate domestic hot water or heat by the heat exchanger.
The efficient utilization of the waste heat with mid-low temperature from the combined heating and power (CHP) system is crucial for the improvement of the energy efficiency.
The Bystrica River is not much of a stream in the heat of mid-August, just a weed-slicked trickle over smooth white stones that forms a pool in front of some old tires and a discarded refrigerator.
The federal advance halted here in the blistering heat of mid-afternoon, due in part to the resistance of Jackson's brigade; the commander later earned the sobriquet "Stonewall" for his effort.
Then, a simple device built from a combination of inexpensive plastic film, polished aluminum, white paint, and insulation can allow for the necessary emission of heat through mid-infrared radiation, which is how most natural objects cool off, while preventing the device from being heated by the direct sunlight.
But then the landscape fell away again to a vast high plain, a sort of lost world where cattle grazed in lush meadows watered by fast-flowing streams and surrounded on all sides by snow-capped mountains, even in the heat of mid-summer.
