Pure insanity.
Pure insanity.
Last year's Region X youth championships were run in that kind of heat. I don't recommend it unless you have to. Choosing to run in that heat is absolutely idiotic. It is not heroic to be stoic.
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Heat stroke and heat exhaustion are sneaky. You realize that you're hot, but you're exercising so the endorphins kick in and runners tend to just "push through it." The problem is that the damage isn't always noticeable until hours after exercising when, for example, the kidneys shut down.
One of my friends had to go into the ER at midnight after a hot interval workout at 6pm. He could have died and was never quit the same again.
I had a less intense event -- heat exhaustion instead of heat stroke -- I started feeling bad about an hour after a workout. I found a cool place and started drinking water and Gatorade. That was 15 years ago and I can still no longer run in hot weather. For me, 83 degrees is too hot.
Doing intervals in really hot weather is dangerously reckless.
But it's a dry heat.
He looks like he has a leg imbalance.
Impressive. Lost 8 pounds and kept his heart rate under 150. But yeah, that type of stuff can be dangerous.
fisky wrote:
Heat stroke and heat exhaustion are sneaky. You realize that you're hot, but you're exercising so the endorphins kick in and runners tend to just "push through it." The problem is that the damage isn't always noticeable until hours after exercising when, for example, the kidneys shut down.
One of my friends had to go into the ER at midnight after a hot interval workout at 6pm. He could have died and was never quit the same again.
I had a less intense event -- heat exhaustion instead of heat stroke -- I started feeling bad about an hour after a workout. I found a cool place and started drinking water and Gatorade. That was 15 years ago and I can still no longer run in hot weather. For me, 83 degrees is too hot.
Doing intervals in really hot weather is dangerously reckless.
I had a bad experience with heat exhaustion, was probably on the cusp of heat stroke. I also had a few less serious events. They all happened while I was riding my bike. For some reason, its real easy to overcook myself while riding.
The last one was bad though, stopped to fill my water bottle and fainted. Fade to black and next thing I know I'm on the ground. I have never been good at running in heat/humidity, but now I don't mess around with it at all. Anything over 85 and its all optional. I won't take that risk again, its just not worth it. Not to mention I don't find running in the heat enjoyable in the least bit.
A few years ago in early August I was at the beach and ran 22 miles Sunday morning. It was a typical day this time of the year - dewpoint in the low 70s - and even though I started at 6am the sun was high and I was very hot and tired by the end. I stopped once to drink water from a hose at somebody's house but took in nothing besides.
Three days later I was back home in Baltimore. I ran 2 miles hard / 1 mile steady for 12 miles, with the hards aiming for 5:10 pace and the steady aiming for 5:40. I finished and beginning shortly after I got home I felt sick and feverish after and all night.
Then and over the next few months I had random bouts of high fever, from 102-104 lasting for about 5 days each time, every few weeks. I had no other symptoms of any sickness besides the fever and this killed the rest of my running year between the time off and the recovery time from the fevers. I seriously suspect I somehow damaged some regulatory mechanism in my body that caused the fevers by pushing too hard in the heat.
sandybeaver wrote:
A few years ago in early August I was at the beach and ran 22 miles Sunday morning. It was a typical day this time of the year - dewpoint in the low 70s - and even though I started at 6am the sun was high and I was very hot and tired by the end. I stopped once to drink water from a hose at somebody's house but took in nothing besides.
Three days later I was back home in Baltimore. I ran 2 miles hard / 1 mile steady for 12 miles, with the hards aiming for 5:10 pace and the steady aiming for 5:40. I finished and beginning shortly after I got home I felt sick and feverish after and all night.
Then and over the next few months I had random bouts of high fever, from 102-104 lasting for about 5 days each time, every few weeks. I had no other symptoms of any sickness besides the fever and this killed the rest of my running year between the time off and the recovery time from the fevers. I seriously suspect I somehow damaged some regulatory mechanism in my body that caused the fevers by pushing too hard in the heat.
Omg that's terrible. Are you all right now?
hank jr wrote:
Not to mention I don't find running in the heat enjoyable in the least bit.
This ^
Call me a puxxy, but I hate running in the heat. In my place, the dew point is usually in the high-70 when the Summer begins. Sometimes I just use the dreadmill.
Er... wrote:
He looks like he has a leg imbalance.
Can that be fixed?
Er... wrote:
He looks like he has a leg imbalance.
Experts??? wrote:
Can that be fixed?
With yoga.
Er... wrote:
He looks like he has a leg imbalance.
He has worked on it a bit, and improved. Today he is doing a hard bike race after this killer workout
George213 wrote:
hank jr wrote:
Not to mention I don't find running in the heat enjoyable in the least bit.
This ^
Call me a puxxy, but I hate running in the heat. In my place, the dew point is usually in the high-70 when the Summer begins. Sometimes I just use the dreadmill.
That's how I feel about it. Some people can adapt and handle the heat. I just don't. The runs in late August are as miserable as they are on the first hot run of the summer. Its really just not smart for me to work too hard in the summer.
That’s nothing! My high school coach had the entire team do 20x400 in 94 degree weather with 60% humidity (110 heat index). We were just 15 year old kids eating junk food where as this guy is a pro athlete!
Sick, I’m about to run in a heat index of 97.
hank jr wrote:
George213 wrote:
This ^
Call me a puxxy, but I hate running in the heat. In my place, the dew point is usually in the high-70 when the Summer begins. Sometimes I just use the dreadmill.
That's how I feel about it. Some people can adapt and handle the heat. I just don't. The runs in late August are as miserable as they are on the first hot run of the summer. Its really just not smart for me to work too hard in the summer.
Me too. I am so glad to live in a "dry heat" climate where although the summertime highs are typically near 100, the lows usually dip below 70. I do nearly all of my summertime running between 5 and 7:30 am when the sun is low and the temperature is usually below 75. I rarely race during the heat of summer (even in a normal year when there are races) and only 10K or shorter. I've never had a serious heat-related problem in 40+ years of running and I don't intend to.
George213 wrote:
Pure insanity.
y tho?