| Mileage | 5 |
| Time | 3PM |
| Location | Outdoors |
| Weather | Hot and Sticky |
Summer is definitely upon us here in the Chicago area. Today it was in the upper 90’s with what felt like 99% humidity in the air. Not the best running weather but we need to take advantage of the time we have to get our miles in.
As soon as I stepped out side I could feel the sweat beginning to bead on my body and once I started to run it only took a few blocks before my shirt was showing a few soak through spots. One thing I inherited from my dad was his sweat glands and although it can feel great to work up a good sweat, my clothing gets soaked pretty fast during a workout. My other problem is trying to wear any type of sunglasses during a long run as the sweat ends up depositing droplets on the inside and outside of the glasses until it gets hard to see. I have to keep taking the glasses of to clean away the moisture as I run otherwise the vision starts to get blurry and a bit dangerous. I used to just use my shirt but it gets harder and harder to find a dry spot on the shirt during a run so now I carry at least one small washcloth for the purpose of cleaning the glasses.
What do you do to stay cool during a race or a workout when it is unbelievably hot? Put ice in your water bottle? Run early in the morning or late at night?