What's the hottest you've run in?

I've run in 97 degree weather in Key West. Crazy thing was the humidity was higher than the temperature (it was reading 99%).

108

100 plus in Portland Oregon

gahagand wrote:

I've run in 97 degree weather in Key West. Crazy thing was the humidity was higher than the temperature (it was reading 99%).

NOW THAT'S BRUTAL

117 in Arizona where I live, 121 in Death Valley in August on a trip last year. It's awful.

It depends a lot on the time of day. It's pretty typical to do evening track workouts when it's 100~108 in Phoenix, and it's not totally terrible as long as the sun is down. I'll run at lunch when it's 105 and sunny, and can usually have quality runs as long as they're 35~40min. Anything more and I start to slow considerably.

There are plenty of people in Phoenix who will run at noon in July when it's 105 and have no issues.. 6, 10, 12 milers at pretty decent paces. Some people love it. I am not one of those people. I deal with it until September when it cools off.

And I will say, honestly speaking.. 95deg with 95% humidity in Florida is worse than Arizona in the summer. It's really bad in AZ for June & July.. the rest is tolerable. Florida (and other super humid places) have it really rough. I'm from south FL originally and man.. it's miserable. Running in the rain is a nice break. Thankfully it rains all the time.

gahagand wrote:

I've run in 97 degree weather in Key West. Crazy thing was the humidity was higher than the temperature (it was reading 99%).

No it was not. That would be a dew point of 97F. Sorry, didn't happen.

AZDesert Runner wrote:

And I will say, honestly speaking.. 95deg with 95% humidity in Florida is worse than Arizona in the summer.

Nope, didn't happen. 95F with 95% humidity would be a dew point of 93F. Sorry, didn't happen.

117 degrees in Irvine, CA last year. Limited it to a 5 mile run. Good times. Slept the remainder of the day.

I am in love with Dew Point Guy. Needs his own AMA.

I bet when it gets down to 80 you guys get cold. It was 60 in Columbus a few days ago and I was freezing--my body is used to the heat now.

LOL about running in 105'F weather like it's no big deal. I wish I could do that...

BRUTAL 2.0 wrote:

gahagand wrote:

I've run in 97 degree weather in Key West. Crazy thing was the humidity was higher than the temperature (it was reading 99%).

NOW THAT'S BRUTAL

not likely. according to wikipedia 97F is Key West's record high, on at most two occasions, and the extreme amount of water needed for 99% rh at that temperature would have filled the sky with clouds all morning beforehand, preventing it from happening. The entire Caribbean is like that. A lot of the islands have record highs in the low 90s.

To get a really hot day you need clear, dry skies, and some hours of extra sunlight don't hurt. That's why if you go directly north from Key West, you'll get lots of triple-digit highs in the summer. And yes, people will say it was also "99% humidity" or whatever, without mentioning that didn't happen at the time of peak temperature but in the evening when it started to cool off.

Amateur meteorologists go home DEVESTATED

If your legs were as good as your brain I'd say you were Bekele. You are definitely the goat brain on letsrun.

110F with no humidity under a bright sun in Cordoba, Spain. People thought I was "loco". Now I know why!

Sahara desert - but it was only like 86 cos it was February

BS. The dew point was not in the 96 or 97 range. Did your phone tell you it was 99% RH?

gahagand wrote:

I've run in 97 degree weather in Key West. Crazy thing was the humidity was higher than the temperature (it was reading 99%).

104 in Florence, Italy. Max heart rate after 20 mins easy running! ??

110F through the Oklahoma Panhandle. Fun stuff if the local school has a temperature display with 85F and it's 5am at the same time.

But I have to say, running in the South with 80-90F and a lot humidity feels a lot harder.