Running in High Humidity

I found an interesting article on running in high humidity, may help runners during our humid summers. Runners can face heat exhaustion or heat cramps as oxygen is diverted to muscles, causing less blood flow to the skin. Add antiperspirants that block skin pores, may add to overheating.

http:active.com/running/articles...

If the page doesn’t open, just Google ‘running in high humidity’.

[Irish-John Graduate]

I read recently that if you add the temp and humidity figures together and they total more than 160 it "is advisable not to run"

Unfortunately for me, that would mean not running for most of the year.

This morning here its 82f

( and that is low, big storm yesterday cooled things down and humidity is 92% so total is 174.

Its darn uncomfortable running in these conditions, and yes - have to be careful the first few weeks.

The good news is - your Article tells me I'll be faster in Autumn and Winter than I am now 👍🏻

[Hidden in reply to Irish-John]

In Wales we get more than our fair share of rain, and high humidity - it’s dropped to 78 now, but was 85 earlier. Add antiperspirants to block skin pores, runners could easily overheat.

[Irish-John Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Yep - thats something a lot of people don't realise. 👍🏻

[Dee2609 Graduate]

Very interesting 🤔, never really thought about it in those terms but sweating is our natural cooling mechanism…