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ever acclimate to humidity? OMG its been awful here the last couple of days! Like running in a sauna! My run times are slowing down. Even when I leave early, its still gross outside. Guess I'll have to think back to this when its 20 degrees with 20 below wind chill huh?

I'd also recommend slowing down your runs. I'm used to running an easy run at about 8:20-8:30 whenever temperatures are <70 degrees. now that summer has hit, i have slowed to 8:50-9:00 on easy runs, and its still challenging, but has seemed to help to be able to finish strong. amazing how much difference weather makes on the runs, eh? degrees.="" now="" that="" summer="" has="" hit,="" i="" have="" slowed="" to="" 8:50-9:00="" on="" easy="" runs,="" and="" its="" still="" challenging,="" but="" has="" seemed="" to="" help="" to="" be="" able="" to="" finish="" strong.="" amazing="" how="" much="" difference="" weather="" makes="" on="" the="" runs,=""></70 degrees. now that summer has hit, i have slowed to 8:50-9:00 on easy runs, and its still challenging, but has seemed to help to be able to finish strong. amazing how much difference weather makes on the runs, eh?>

Oh man, I love humidity. I grew up in southern Illinois and spent all of my summers playing baseball. If you've never been to southern Illinois it's one of those places where the humidity is just crazy. I remember breaking out in flop sweats just walking from the front door to the car because walking outside was like walking into a wall of water. I think that, for me, playing baseball every summer acclimated me to humidity very well. I was a catcher and would often play in more than one league. It wasn't uncommon for me to catch two games in the same day with two different teams. The downside of being acclimated is that man, do I sweat. Seriously. I mean when I was living in Florida last summer if I went out for a 10k run not only was my shirt soaked, but my running shorts would be soaked to the point that I could literally wring them out in the sink. It's the one drawback from having a very efficient cooling system. I will say this, though.... being outside in the winter does make it harder to adapt in summer. I lived in Illinois until my mid 30s and that entire time I was not a winter person at all. My winter sports consisted of shoveling snow as needed. I just hated being cold and would be wearing a jacket whenever the temp dropped below 75 or so. When I moved to Toronto last August I was genuinely fearing winter in regards to running. Much to my surprise I ran outside all winter long. In fact, I think that running outside made the winter much much easier on me. I was so acclimated to the cold that I was not nearly as bothered by the cold than most of the lifelong residents. That was really a shock. I did find that coming out of winter and into summer I struggled with the heat and humidity somewhat at first. It took me a good week or two to get right with it. Now though, it's all good. I still laugh, though, when people up here carp about the humidity. I don't think they'd survive a good St. Louis summer.

I'll admit, even though I slow down - it still ruins most of my runs. This morning - 7 am - 80% humidity. One of the worst runs I have EVER had. Slowing down only does so much is what I am realizing...

This is why we train in the Summer, but race in the Fall. Its not easy to train in bad conditions, but it pays dividends when you toe the line.

Yep...prepare for the worst and hope for the best. All my 20 milers prepping for last years Richmond marathon were in 80+ degrees but on race day the weather was on the low 50's and partly cloudy. The tough trainig pays off if you stay healthy.

I thought I was acclimated until the past couple of days when it's been 97-98 degrees outside. Overall though, I do think the body adjusts.

It seemed to take a while,but I am getting used to it.It's been around 90* with 80% and higher humidity here and I have managed to run through it. Hydration is the key because you sweat differently when it's humid. BTW- How did a nice Iowan such as yourself become a NYG fan? Being one myself, just askin'.....

First, nj joe I've been a Giants fan almost my whole life. Grew up with posters and stickers all over my room of Phil Simms and Lawrence Taylor! Depressed over Shockey trade...but we will survive. Feel sorry for me though because I live with a Raiders fan! Makes life interesting at least. Anyway...had to post here again, had the best run yesterday! Cooler, rain went out and did 9 miles with 4 interval miles, ran my fastest time lately. Felt great to just see that I can run those paces, its not me, its this stupid humidity! Felt great.