RunningAHEAD - Topic: Let's talk about the heat.

IamDenise

Double IPA Please!

posted: 5/31/2008 at 8:43 PM
modified: 5/31/2008 at 8:43 PM

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shellaruns

TRIing to beat the heat!

posted: 6/1/2008 at 9:16 AM

Please... don't get me started. As a South FL resident, I've already moved about 80% of my tri training indoors. It will probably stay this way until the end of September. Cry

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bjornulfsen

Junior Amphibian

posted: 6/1/2008 at 10:25 AM

What heat? I still run with my gloves on. Confused

P.S. Yup, I'm a Canadian.. Big grin

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IamDenise

Double IPA Please!

posted: 6/1/2008 at 10:45 AM

I have to motivate myself to get up earlier or go in the evenings. I really don't want to have to run indoors unless I absolutely have too. I dont mind running in the heat, it's the humidity that is a real bitch.

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RunCheffyRun

posted: 6/1/2008 at 8:03 PM

YUP, Heat and Humidity has hit in NC.... sigh. Last year I was not even running yet, so now I am really cautious about running in the heat. DH and I have resolved that we absolutely do not want to run indoors unless absolutely necessary, so we are doing our runs in the wee hours of the morning during the week, and still pretty early on weekends. Got out there at 7:00am today, and it was comfortable, albeit muggy. I figure if I can hack the heat of summer with training for a HM I will earn some HTFU points. Wink

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Fenderfan

posted: 6/2/2008 at 7:09 PM

even at 5:30 in the morning its been close to eighty degrees here.

Mr Inertia

Suspect Zero

posted: 6/3/2008 at 8:22 AM

Totally worth if for the bragging rights, though.

RunCheffyRun

posted: 6/3/2008 at 8:25 AM

Quote from Mr Inertia on 6/3/2008 at 8:22 AM:

Totally worth if for the bragging rights, though.

LOL....

AND HTFU points.....

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IamDenise

Double IPA Please!

posted: 6/3/2008 at 9:06 AM

Quote from RunCheffyRun on 6/3/2008 at 8:25 AM:

LOL.... AND HTFU points.....

That is for sure. 5:30? I go to bed every night saying I'm going to get up early and run. I wake up at 6 look at my running stuff all set up nice and ready to go and I roll over and go back to sleep. Tongue

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EGH3

posted: 6/3/2008 at 9:18 AM

After a horrible wet, cold Spring, the weather's finally turned here in the Boston burbs so morning runs have been wonderful this past week or so.50 to 60 degrees, sunny - it's been great to ditch the fleece and run in shorts and T. Low 90s and humidity coming for this weekend so my long run will be early am Saturday. I'll follow that with about 6-8 hours of yard work and a late day dip in the pool. Just found out I have to work a booth at a trade show in Las Vegas...gulp...July 13-16. Last time I was in LV in July it was 114 degrees. But luckily a cold front swept in and knocked it down to 110 the next day. I'm dreading that morning run. Not to hijack, but if anyone knows where I can run that's a little but away from the strip that's accessible from the Rio, I'm all ears. And don't say the treadmill. Big grin

HuskerB

posted: 6/3/2008 at 9:19 AM

Sucks, but the alarm went off at 5:00 this morning, and it was still 78 degrees with a dewpoint of 68. Better than the 93 degrees later, I guess. Is it October yet?

milktruck

an amazing likeness

posted: 6/3/2008 at 9:35 AM
modified: 6/3/2008 at 9:36 AM

Ok, let's see those reports of 'I-ran-more-distance-than-the-temp' ! (Miles and fahrenheit units are expected...) Wink

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Ennay

A Saucy Wench

posted: 6/3/2008 at 9:47 AM

OK....I know I am not going to get much (any) sympathy here. But it is JUNE for cripes sakes...and I was wishing for gloves on my run this morning. GLOVES Roll eyes

But I am a heat wimp so at the same time I was thinking "I hope the weather stays like this through my HM in a couple weeks"

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dgb2n

Dave

posted: 6/3/2008 at 9:51 AM

I'm always amazed at how the heat and humidity affect my HR training. Its almost good for 10 beats per minute at the same pace. I just can't bring myself to slow down enough to keep it under my goal HR in the heat. Then magically in the fall it shoots right back down. Of course a summer of building mileage probably doesn't hurt. Do you HRM runners out there slow down for the heat?

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 6/3/2008 at 10:25 AM

Quote from dgb2n on 6/3/2008 at 9:51 AM:

I'm always amazed at how the heat and humidity affect my HR training. Its almost good for 10 beats per minute at the same pace. I just can't bring myself to slow down enough to keep it under my goal HR in the heat. Then magically in the fall it shoots right back down. Of course a summer of building mileage probably doesn't hurt. Do you HRM runners out there slow down for the heat?

I have the Garmin 305 and have yet to use the HRM, but I'm thinking it might be very useful this Summer to keep me from overdoing it. I know last Summer I had a VERY tough time not trying to keep up my usual pace and it led to several really miserable long runs. I think if I allowed myself to shoot for a target HR instead of target pace I'd be doing myself and my run quality a big favor. I don't tolerate heat well at all. I don't think I'd ever acclimate to the sort of temps they deal with south of the Great Lakes. As it is we get miserable humidity (which affects my lung function as much as my general heat intolerance). Oftentimes I really struggle to run when it's much above 80. 4 hour runs during marathon training are gonna be fun...not. Roll eyes

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