Hi everyone
Could someone give me some advice regarding hydration? I live in a hot climate and do work that is quite physical so I sweat a lot. I suspect I may often be running on borderline dehydration, even when I'm going training. Can anyone give me some advice on how much fluids I need to keep up with to maintain proper hydration without going overboard? If some of the advertising for sports drinks is to be believed I should be drinking 4L of gatorade every day....
David
What time do you typically run?
Here in Boise, it can get hot in the summer. It's a high desert here. If I am going to run, I make it before 10 AM, or else run later, after 8 PM. I can't deal with the heat. 6 AM to 8 AM is the ideal time. It can be quite nice, dry and in the 60s. I carry a hydration pack when I run.
Another nicety is that Boise is extremely far west in the mountain time zone, so it can still be light at 10 PM. If you are up in the foothills at 10, you can make it back down by 10:30 when the sun goes down.
This time of year, I try to get out during the day if I can when it is light out. Late afternoon is the ideal. In summer, I wake up extremely early, and am sometimes out running at 5am. For very long runs, sometimes earlier, especially in the worst of the summer heat. I try to be finished by 7 or 7:30am at the latest.
Usually evenings in summer are still too warm. I can do a shorter run then, but certainly nothing over 5 miles. It takes too long for things to cool down (if you call lows in the 90s cooling down).
We don't change time here in AZ, we're Mountain Standard Time year-round. Which basically is the same as Pacific Daylight in the summer. The sun can rise around 4:45 am.
What time do you typically run?
Here in Boise, it can get hot in the summer. It's a high desert here. If I am going to run, I make it before 10 AM, or else run later, after 8 PM. I can't deal with the heat. 6 AM to 8 AM is the ideal time. It can be quite nice, dry and in the 60s. I carry a hydration pack when I run.
Another nicety is that Boise is extremely far west in the mountain time zone, so it can still be light at 10 PM. If you are up in the foothills at 10, you can make it back down by 10:30 when the sun goes down.
This time of year, I try to get out during the day if I can when it is light out. Late afternoon is the ideal. In summer, I wake up extremely early, and am sometimes out running at 5am. For very long runs, sometimes earlier, especially in the worst of the summer heat. I try to be finished by 7 or 7:30am at the latest.
Usually evenings in summer are still too warm. I can do a shorter run then, but certainly nothing over 5 miles. It takes too long for things to cool down (if you call lows in the 90s cooling down).
We don't change time here in AZ, we're Mountain Standard Time year-round. Which basically is the same as Pacific Daylight in the summer. The sun can rise around 4:45 am.
