Summer running sucks so hard

[Anonymous]

My run this morning was supposed to be 2.1 miles straight, and then 1.1 of alternating run/walk minutes. Not much, but it's what I can do right now.

My headphones crapped out after the 2.1. I just said F it and walked home, instead of doing the easier leg of 1.1 intervals with my music on speaker phone.

It felt like a rainforest at 6am this morning.

[Anonymous]

Agreed. My run was super slow, such a slog.

On the bright side, it tends to start cooling off mid-August so with any luck, this is almost the end of it for the year.

[Anonymous]

It is so gross right now. I had a migraine so didn’t run at all, but normally that would irritate me and today I was just relieved. Took the trash out at 7:30 am and it was already gross out.

[Anonymous]

I honestly just take a break from running from about mid-June through August. Give me a 30 degree run any day over this heat and humidity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I honestly just take a break from running from about mid-June through August. Give me a 30 degree run any day over this heat and humidity.

This.

I've been doing early bird laps at our local pool and lo, it is glorious. Summer running sucks balls.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t run this morning because our AC stopped working last night and I didn’t want to sweat all day. Can’t wait for cooler runs!

[Anonymous]

Yup. I threw up after a 3.5 mile run last week, I am guessing from dehydration. I was signed up for the Cherry Blossom 10 miler in September but am thinking of scaling it down to the 5k because I am having trouble with regular running right now.

[Anonymous]

I use a running belt and freeze the two water bottles that come with it. As the water melts I pour it on my head. This helps a lot.

It’s also key to start as early as possible, by 6am at the latest.

[Anonymous]

I sometimes take a cold shower before running on very hot days and run with wet hair. This keeps me cool longer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I honestly just take a break from running from about mid-June through August. Give me a 30 degree run any day over this heat and humidity.

Same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sometimes take a cold shower before running on very hot days and run with wet hair. This keeps me cool longer.

Hmm, I might try that!

[Anonymous]

good tip! and yes, the humidity and heat takes the fun out of running for me. slogged through 5 miles this morning.

[Anonymous]

You guys, I just remembered that last summer I ran *in a mask*. My neighborhood was insane about masking last year and people would flip out if they saw unmasked runners, so I ran in a mask all last summer. Initially I wore a regular mask and it made me want to die, so then I switched to a neck gaiter. And then there was that bogus story about how neck gaiters create more Covid particle and I had a friend tell me I should mask up again. I think I cried that day.

Anyway, I couldn't bring myself to run today or yesterday because it's so gross, but the memory of running in DC in July in a mask in 2020 just came back to me and I seriously can't believe that happened. We all went crazy last year.

[Anonymous]

Just walking from my building to the car makes me feel like I'm being waterboarded.

[Anonymous]

Today is not an outside day and I love the heat. I can’t even bare the idea of even a walk.