Summertime in CO. Unlike what most of the world thinks about the Centennial State, we're hot (and I don't just mean our status as the "fittest" state in the country.
This week's forecast:
Mon -98
Tues - 100
Wed -95
Thurs - 96
Friday - 93
Those temperatures can be magnified by artificial surfaces in the city
I'm all about cold weather. I'd take 10 over 100 any day. Heat directly effects performance. Hyperthermia is a real issue and can lead to heat exhaustion and stroke.That being said, we're Explorers and we're not going to sit inside and bitch about the weather over orange-mocha-frappachinos.
We're going to get out and get it done anyway. So how do we deal with heat?
Best option:
Go to the mountains. Higher = cooler with more wind. Grey's and Torrey's Trip Saturday the 30th. Contact me for more details.
Looks cooler right?
If you're stuck in the city:
Go early. Get your ass out of bed. Just do it. Really. No, now.
Wear light clothes. I don't care if you think your legs look weird. Be concerned with performance, not appearance.
Get some wind. Heat is dispersed from bodies when we sweat and then that sweat evaporates. Good news for us here in CO is that our relative humidity is negative 20 (that's a technical term), so we're in a good place to disperse heat.
Slow it down. Work hard, but understand that overheating can be serious. Remember, we always train to get stronger. Heat stroke doesn't make you stronger.
Nate Lawrence
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