Orlando runners, walkers brave early heat for fundraiser

Summer seeped into Central Florida’s spring on Thursday with temperatures in the high 90s in many locations, and 5K runners in downtown Orlando called upon to test their fortitude.

The weather this week is about 10 degrees hotter than normal for this time of year for the region, according to the National Weather Service’s Melbourne office.  The high temperature would typically be in the mid-80s.

“We stay in the lower 90s pretty much through our forecast period, which goes out the next…