I like to run as well as step. I can run a 9 minute mile. I want to increase my endurance. I can only run 30-40 minutes at this point. My legs feel good. I feel tired, but it is the heat that gets to me. My face gets so red and I feel like I am going to explode. Is this purely a fitness issue? Does this happen to even fit people who run in 80-90 degree weather? I like to run between 7-8 pm. The sun is not intense but it is still hot and usually humid. I'd appreciate any physiological insight you can provide.
Heat
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mogambo
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I live in NC and run 5 miles in 42 minutes all the months when it doesnt get above 75 degrees. The other months, I do IMax and MIC and go to killer spinning classes. I feel sick and weak running in hot weather and can't tolerate running or doing anything besides drinking tea and driving to work, in the morning.
Heat combined with humidity can raise your core temperature and make you sick. I know it doesn't bother some people as much as it bothers me but I advise you to at least not expect yourself to do as well in hot weather. Press on if you like, but be careful.
Heat combined with humidity can raise your core temperature and make you sick. I know it doesn't bother some people as much as it bothers me but I advise you to at least not expect yourself to do as well in hot weather. Press on if you like, but be careful.
Aquajock
Cathlete
RE: Heat - BE CAREFUL
Ditto what Mogambo said. The thing to look out for is the total heat index (what the temperature FEELS like with heat and humidity combined) as well as the dewpoint. When it's hot and humid, as Mogambo said your core temperature really fires up (especially with a leg-intensive mode like running), and because it's so humid the sweat can't do its job of cooling you off by evaporating once it reaches the skin's surface.
You may also want to find out about the air quality conditions in your area - if there's a high pollution index that can impair your exercise performance as well, because you're inhaling more crud in the atmosphere.
Just as an interim until cooler, less humid weather hits your area, you may want to consider doing indoor track running if you can do so inexpensively. Whatever you choose to do, as Mog said, "Be careful." It's not worth risking heat fatigue or heat exhaustion (which can be extremely dangerous) to try to run thru that.
Annette
Ditto what Mogambo said. The thing to look out for is the total heat index (what the temperature FEELS like with heat and humidity combined) as well as the dewpoint. When it's hot and humid, as Mogambo said your core temperature really fires up (especially with a leg-intensive mode like running), and because it's so humid the sweat can't do its job of cooling you off by evaporating once it reaches the skin's surface.
You may also want to find out about the air quality conditions in your area - if there's a high pollution index that can impair your exercise performance as well, because you're inhaling more crud in the atmosphere.
Just as an interim until cooler, less humid weather hits your area, you may want to consider doing indoor track running if you can do so inexpensively. Whatever you choose to do, as Mog said, "Be careful." It's not worth risking heat fatigue or heat exhaustion (which can be extremely dangerous) to try to run thru that.
Annette