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Heat training
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Jun 2015
5:57pm, 26 Jun 2015
21924 posts
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Fleece and Dust
The problem with English weather is it's really bloody unpredictable! I've run in Italy in the summer and after a week or so it started getting easier, but then I came home and it was August and 15c FFS so then you lose any benefit and if race day happens to be freakily hot then you're a bit stuffed. You're right, you do adjust to different temperature ranges over the seasons. |
Jun 2015
6:15pm, 26 Jun 2015
703 posts
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mblnFERCr
Blood volume increases (more plasma) and sweat concentration reduces as you become acclimatised to the heat. If you want to read loads about it, google 'heat acclimation*'. *It's what the 'merkins call acclimatisation for some unknown reason |
Jun 2015
6:48pm, 26 Jun 2015
102 posts
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J2R
Very interesting, mblnFERCr! I followed up on your Google suggestion and came upon this: http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Heat_Acclimation_Training. Having seen the 'Fellrnr Heat Suit', I feel positively sane again! |
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Jun 2015
6:53pm, 26 Jun 2015
704 posts
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mblnFERCr
The suit is cool (ahem), but I think the take-away from most articles is expect to do less well when it's hot, even with acclimatisation the stress on your body is increased - so be good to yourself  |
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Jun 2015
9:26am, 30 Jun 2015
105 posts
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J2R
I'm booked in to do a city centre 5K race late Saturday afternoon, and the temperature is forecast to be 27C! I think I'd better get started on the heat acclimation/acclimatisation (please delete as appropriate).. |
Jun 2015
9:30am, 30 Jun 2015
6350 posts
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Autumnleaves
There is an article in the new issue of RW that talks about acclimatising for hotter race conditions. |
Jun 2015
9:38am, 30 Jun 2015
56411 posts
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Gobi
it's sunny so go running |
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Jun 2015
10:11am, 30 Jun 2015
711 posts
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mblnFERCr
Suffered pretty badly wth heat at the Giants Head mara on Saturday. After the first 8-10 miles I just had to back off. The humidity was the real problem, my shirt was soaked, but nowhere for the water to evaporate to. This article *may* be better than the RW one : http://www.theendurancestore.com/blog/blog/2015/04/28/beat-the-heat-this-summer-part-1/. But I guess with the RW one you could also beat your 5k pb in 5 easy seconds or summink |
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Jun 2015
1:41pm, 30 Jun 2015
106 posts
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J2R
Yes, humidity got me too at the weekend. I was well down on my target time for a 10K. I knew it wasn't going to go well when I was already a bit sweaty and uncomfortable just doing an easy warmup jog around the playing field before the race. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to get drier heat on Saturday. |
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Jul 2015
4:16pm, 1 Jul 2015
107 posts
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J2R
Did an easy paced 5 miler in 31C just now and it wasn't too bad at all, confirming for me that humidity rather than heat per se is the real culprit. |
