All Hot ands Bothered
During Tuesday's Bank of Hong Kong Canada Day 10K Race, a number of the runners, myself included, were all whinging about their race results. It was hot, humid day on the morning of the race, and even at 8 AM, the early rays of the sun hitting as we rounded the Stanley Park Sea Wall were enough to make us all break out into a hard sweat.
My 10K time was a full minute slower than just six days earlier and the effort required was significantly higher. I wrote it off to tired legs and too many 'fast' miles in the last two weeks. This New York Times Personal Best article made me reconsider just a trifle and recognize that the heat on Canada may have been more of a contributing factor than I had realized. Well worth the read. And a reason to be doubly careful as we - hopefully - head into the heat of the summer months...
posted by Vince Hemingson at 9:52 AM
1 Comments:
Looks like you've got some serious heat adaptation to do Vince, because the fact of the matter is that the peak temperature for July 1 was only 23.3C/73F. In other words, not actually all that warm. Stick with the tired legs theory.
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