really struggling in this heat

[secksy34]

just a quickie today , as above am finding it very difficult to breathe in this heat even though im using the treadmill and have my fan going , my chest feels really laboured im holing its not going to impact my future runs only being able to do 20 mins !

[CallyL]

Are you able to run very early morning? I am struggling in this weather too and so going out about 5.30 when it's a little bit cooler. Or maybe the other end if the day? - my daughter has been running about 10pm and said it's a bit better then. Well done for your perseverence though, you have done so well - what a star!

[Wannaberoadrunner Graduate]

Are you hydrated? I got the tip the other day to make sure you drink enough water if you're running in very hot weather. I tried this yesterday and found it helped.

[DawnRun in reply to Wannaberoadrunner]

I think some of the more experienced runners say to drink water the night before , I find this much more beneficial. I find that the water isn't in my system as well when I drink it in the same day of the run. I guess it depends how much time you have to get water on board. I found a few runs ago that I needed the loo whilst running after consuming water (probably too much) on the same day of the run.

[Rignold in reply to DawnRun]

This definitely. We should be gunning for 3 litres min, ideally every day, but certainly the day before a run or workout, and in this heat easily add another litre to that, if not more.

[Wannaberoadrunner Graduate in reply to Rignold]

Three litres?! I'd never be off the loo if I drank that much.

[Rignold in reply to Wannaberoadrunner]

Not in one go. Across the course of the day. That's a glass of water every 90 minutes.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Rignold]

Yep.... that works.. upped my intake

[Wannaberoadrunner Graduate in reply to DawnRun]

I actually drank water steadily during the day of my last run, but made sure I used the toilet before I actually went out. Nothing worse than needing to spend a penny in the middle of your run - I would imagine.

[DawnRun]

It sure impacted on mine, but I just decided to take it easier I feel like to avoid over heating I don't know what shade of purple my face is during runs in the hot weather, I'll try and go faster when the heat's died down . If I could I would run at different times but it's not possible.

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate]

When you first start drinking a glass of water every 90 mins or so as Rignold suggests you do need to pee more often. But keep on doing this and your body regulates, and it settles down. I have found I drink less tea/coffee which are diuretics if my water intake is good and feel better (not thirsty). The black circles under my eyes are fading and my skin feels better.

Oh ...and my legs are more comfortable when I run. So persist with the water..

I think someone posted a chart about the optimum colour of your pee on here....but I'll leave that thought with you...😆

[runlikeagirl Graduate]

However there is such a thing as drinking too much water which is incredibly dangerous and most recommendations include tea and even coffee when calculating fluid intake...

webmd.boots.com/healthy-eat...

[Rignold in reply to runlikeagirl]

note the instances quoted there are within short periods. Drink 7 litres of water in one go and it may well make you ill. 4 litres in an hour probably not sensible, no. But across the course of a day, not really a risk. If you consider that chaps on a night out drink upwards of 8 pints of beer in an session, drinking the same in water spread across a day is not going to be incredibly or remotely dangerous.

[runlikeagirl Graduate in reply to Rignold]

Agreed. Important to point out that it needs to be over a long duration though I think...plus it's important to note that it's not just water that counts as fluid intake

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate in reply to runlikeagirl]

Thanks for posting this runslikeagirl. Seems its important not to overdo the hydration.

I hardly ever drank any water by itself until a couple of weeks ago. Just lots of tea or a couple of glasses of wine (evenings) so I think I was a bit dehydrated.

The message seems to be moderate water intake over the whole day.

Thank you for pointing this out...

[runlikeagirl Graduate in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

I was a bit concerned that some might read posts about needing to drink four litres the day before running and think 'oh I've not had much water today and I'm running tomorrow morning' ... and go and chug a shed load of water in one go. Not a good idea.

[Bredders]

From the tropics: all good advice above. After a while your body acclimatises somewhat to heat. After all, that's how athletes manage to perform in different climates. My understanding (borne out from experience) is that this can take a few weeks. Until then, I would say, don't push it. That might be dangerous. Accept body's limitations. Heatwave in Britain probably not long enough to allow such acclimatisation.