Sleep

Well, if Karnazes sets an example that inspires others to lead a more
healthy lifestyle, more power to him! How was that book, by the way?

Book is awesome and indeed very inspiring. I read it in a single
day/night even though it meant less sleep 😉

Haha ok maybe I'll pick it up.
-Amie

Another thing I don't think anyone mentioned is hydration/nutrition.
What works at 70 degrees simply doesn't work at 90 degrees. Found that
out to my cost a couple of years back when having done all my
training/preparation first thing in the morning my wave in an Olympic
distance race set off at 1pm on the hottest day of the year on a course
which was all on roads with no shade. Simply didn't take on enough
water, dehydrated, tried to rehydrate and then got stomach cramps and
took nearly an hour to get round the run.

Regardless of acclimatisaion, at least practice your hydration strategy
in temperatures something like what is expected on race day!

IMKen said:

Where in Georgia? It does get hot there as I recently learned. I live
in Kauai and when training for IMH I do much of my running in the hottest
part of the day to acclimate to the Lava fields at Kona.. If you intend to
race hot then you must train HOT.

Ken

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metallifried said:

It used to be that whenever I slept 12 hours I felt horrible the next
day. Now whenever I sleep 12 hours I feel fantastic. I spend the rest
of my time pretty much exhausted, and it's not at all unusual for me to
take a powernap during my lunch break.

What makes it tough is that I want to spend my weekends partying, but I
also want to catch up on sleep, but by 10:00 it's too hot to work out
(I live in TX), and the weekends are really the only time I can ride my
bike. Something's gotta give ... and it usually ends up with me
exercising under the blazing sun. I'll call it race-specific training
for Kona :-)

I have often wondered whether there is any benefit to working out in
the heat - - if one can even handle it. I live in Georgia, where it
gets warm and the humidity challenges your body to keep up with your
need to cool.

I would not doubt that there are mental (placebo) benefits, but I have
come to doubt whether there are any performance boosts, even on a hot
race day.

When I did Kona, I was comforted by the fact that a few of my
Georgia-summer training days were MUCH more uncomfortable; I wasn't in
new territory.

rsquared