Which state is worse TX or FL?
Which state is worse TX or FL?
Florida running wrote:
I have family obligations that prevent me from running at the crack of dawn or in the evening. Any ideas on how to deal with the heat? I know l can get away with 30 or maybe 45 minutes in the heat, but after 45 it gets bad.
Run slower. Your body will adapt. Easy runs should be very easy. Hard runs should be hard but shorter. Also pick up cycling or mountain biking for cross training. Been in the south my whole life.
Florida running wrote:
I have family obligations that prevent me from running at the crack of dawn or in the evening. Any ideas on how to deal with the heat? I know l can get away with 30 or maybe 45 minutes in the heat, but after 45 it gets bad.
I live in central Illinois. And in the summer it gets very hot and humid. Humid so bad my glasses fog up.
Fortunately where I live is a nice state park with paved trails and they are about 65% shaded.
This is where I run in extreme summer weather. The trail has mile posts every 1/2 mile. On theses rough days I'll stop every 1/2 mile for 30 seconds and take a drink from my fuel belt.
Taking short brakes and drinking a 50/50 mixture of gatoraid and water I can get the miles in that I wanted for that day. If I tried to run without stopping and drinking I wouldn't be able to do that days milage.
If your aim is an easy run, short breaks won't stunt your aerobic training.
Don't be to proud and give it a try.
Central Texan here. I cut down mileage, will sometimes run with water (and will stop and drink water when I don't), will stop and cool off if I need to. Forget about tracking heart rate as itll be sky high even at your pedestrian pace when it is over 100 degrees. Mostly just play it smart and don't let your pride get in the way. Summer mileage is just maintenance miles for me (no serious races around these parts except your low key 5ks), so I don't obsess over summer miles.
The only way to beat the heat is to own it and run late morning after humidity is gone and it’s not the hottest point yet. However this is still very warm and you must embrace it. This is the only way.
I believe FL summers are longer but Central TX gets hotter. At least Coastal FL isn’t as bad. Running the beach with a breeze helps quite a bit. Orlando and Central FL in general are brutal as well.
Didn't Frank Shorter run 140 miles a week in Florida in the lead up to 72 Olympics?
Treadmill when it's too hot.
For me it has to be extremely hot to settle for the TM.
Lots of water...run early in the morning...run with no shirt...run into the wind...It's really not rocket science
Also, break the run up into 2 or 3-adays insteads of one long continuous run that would cause the body to overheat if you're susceptible to heat issues.
And if you think running in the heat is hard, try going through football drills in pads in the heat. Football players have it worse even though they don't move continuously. They hack it by staying properly hydrated.
Are you mentally stronger than a football player?
Runners get to set their own schedule, routes, drink whenever they want...and still complain about the heat....meanwhile some high school football player to runner: "Hold my beer"
I would say March-June, September-October will be worse in Florida, mid June-early September will be worse in Texas.. the combination of the gulf humidity and heat coming off the desert can create horrible days in mid summer in Texas, where Florida (you can time your runs with the rain or don't have to worry about 110+ days with humidity.
also Texas is so big Houston is almost always going to be as bad as most parts central/southern Florida year round weather wise where Dallas can have some very nice days from Late Septermber-May.
other years can be almost Phoenix temps but with 80-95% humidity for 70+ days (see 2011)
Right now It is 4 degrees warmer in North Texas compared to Orlando and the same % of humidity Miami is about the same temp and less humidity.
Texas also has some places in elevation and desert but they are 8 hours/half way to Los Angeles from the major corridor of population so it's not like you can drive there for a long run (southwest not the south).
To be honest though at a certain point it doesn't even matter anymore. once the weather hits a certain threshold I will be loosing 5-7% of my body weight 7-10 pound every run. at that point you are surviving and it's not training.
I have noticed when I travel to dryer or cooler places in the summer and run there when I come back the first day back isn't very hard running. I think it's just the constant battle of trying to drink enough water and get enough salts really takes a toll on you and it's easier for me to recover from a 15 mile run at altitude at a quick pace with no acclamation than a 8 mile run here in the summer. So I am essentially more recovered and so I have a better day upon my return to humidity.
Seriously... wrote:
Slow down and don't beat yourself up about it.
Plan water stops accordingly.
Don't be afraid to stop in the shade and rest for a bit.
I think someone said "heat humidity is a poor man's altitude" (or something like that)
“Stopping in the shade” doesn’t work when there’s 90% + humidity in the air
duuuddduee wrote:
The only way to beat the heat is to own it and run late morning after humidity is gone and it’s not the hottest point yet. However this is still very warm and you must embrace it. This is the only way.
You mean run at 10A.M ?
I'm from Minnesota which is obviously not as bad as Florida but the summers are pretty dang hot and humid and I work 10 hr manual labor shifts outside during the week and usually I'm just ripping water constantly and only run about 8-10 miles on weekdays and then try to get my long run or hard workout done on the weekend when I can run early and beat the heat. It sucks but it builds character.
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I did Tennessee and North Florida. Everyone else has covered it but in list format
Drink water
Hydrate before
Hydrate during
Hydrate after
Adjustments
Your pace is going to be slower. It is what it is.
Think about running based on minutes run instead of miles.
Do things to cool you down on the run:
Run in shade--avoid the sun as much as possible.
Run through people's sprinklers
Pour water on yourself, hoses, waterbottles or stick your head in water. Plan ahead to make this possible (e.g. run by your friends house and use their hose or plant water on your route ahead of time)
Try to run when raining.
This is Jim Kiler wrote:
SummerSlogger wrote:
Always that guy on here. Always.
Yep, just keeping it real for the pansies all over this place.
Winter in the Midwest is childs play compared to summer in the deep south. I grew up in Ohio, went to school in Northern Indiana, and lived in Minneapolis. 75 degree dew point runs are orders of magnitude harder than -10 degree runs.