It's very simple. Make hydration your priority more than ever. Wear bright colour loose clothes, dark colours absorb the heat. Hydrate properly. Run early, before the sun jumps above the horizon. Is that too early? Ok, then run as early as possible but DO NOT run in the sun and NEVER run when the heat is at its peak between 11am and 4 or 5pm. If you do (as I do), protect your head with an appropriate (surprise, surprise) bright coloured hat. Wear shades and put the sunscreen on. Hydrate like you've never hydrated before. Run slower than usual. Also, you will sweat lots. Why? Coz it's hot and your muscles when working generate even more heat. Btw, you're meant to be sweating, you are working out, remember? Finally, If none of that works, then don't run in the heat. Simple.
Running outdoors means various weather conditions. Hot/cold/wet/windy/sunny/nice/not so nice. If you make a choice and run outdoors, accept the weather for what it is. My father used to say 'if you want to do it, do it. If you don't want to do it and still do it, don't come back complaining'.
Enjoy the sunshine while it lasts, you'll get loads of vitamin D.
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Running and heat - not a great combination☹️🤷🏻♀️
Timely reminder Mr r.
It's 78f and 98% humidity here already just before 8am - and this is the "nice time of year" lol
Actually Irish John, the weather forecast for Ireland on Friday is that the temperature could get to 78F but that would be the maximum in the afternoon, I don't think that the humidity would be as high as that in the Emerald Isle at that time.
Al, I believe John is referring to the States, where he lives.
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Yep. I will be more elaborate in my blog in a day or two
For some reason I function in the heat better than many. I really enjoy myself in the cold when running but, for me, nothing beats the feeling of a hot day. Total freedom. Of course, I will never advocate running in 35C heat at 4pm but if prepared all is possible.
I love being really warm.
Someone once said that when we'd be in hell, I'd ask the devil for a blanket lol.
Humidity though - nope. It's like running in a Sauna, a very very wet sauna. 😬
But, I was told if you run regularly in hot humid weather, when it comes to Colder seasons it'll add ten percent to your speed and stamina
Seriously - I blame Air Conditioning for the miserable summers here. The body can't adapt naturally. After all - the earlier people not only survived but worked the fields etc outside all day, in cotton clothes!
My grandad was a farmer, spent some time in the States when young. Those guys worked some killer shifts in high heat and lived. He went at 96, pretty much intact. Yes, humidity can be hard, can induce panic attacks. God knows how l managed liquor and tobacco in such conditions...Hard training perhaps....
God or Genetics. No logic to who lives, who dies. I've seen a lot of far more "clean living" men than I go
A lifetime of smoking, drinking, tropical diseases, stabbed, battered, two major vehicle smashes, fell three story's, shot at and beaten to a pulp. Ate crap, never exercised and all in all I am either genetically privileged - or God's joke on the health nuts 😐
You know those 1950' Cadillacs? They've been around, been battered and worn but even today they still run and ooze class. So it's probably the rare privilege.
Lol, I run more like Mr Beans car though