I really need to listen to myself once in a while
dehydration, heat exhaustion, humidity
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I'm so good at reminding everyone else to pay attention to the cues their body is sending out, but I was guilty of ignoring mine last night. Temperatures have been in the 90s where I live, though humidity isn't much of a factor, so I've been waiting to run until later in the evening. Last night it was still in the 80s and clouding up, so the humidity was rising rapidly. Guess who went running without carrying a water bottle?! Stupid me! I got about 3 miles out and I was feeling so sluggish and my mouth was beyond parched, and I stopped dead in my tracks, feeling like I couldn't push on. Lucky for me it's a route I run regularly. A woman who lives across the street from where I was standing came out and brought me a water bottle. She told me she sees me breeze past on my runs all the time and could tell I was "in trouble." She' d never seen me just stop like that. Before I'd reached the point of heat exhaustion I was rescued by a good samaritan - this time. But what if I'd been on the trail or running a different route or.....too many possible scenarios, none of them good. Next time I'm taking my own water, staying hydrated. I hope you're all doing everything YOU can to workout SAFELY in the heat!
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on 7/1/2008
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