My sense of it is that as I heat adapt, I sweat more but lose fewer electrolytes. My field-expedient measures of adaptation progress: 1) early season sweat burns my eyes to the point of near blindness and forces me to stop, while adapted sweat can flow freely down my face/through my eyes with no burn; 2) early season sweat leaves a crusty rime of white residue on hat and shirt and pack, while adapted sweat leaves no trace. I’m not sure I’ve noticed the old man penalty on this, only know that making the transition has always been a miserable process. Nice post — happy training for that 100K.
Nice one! Wish I would have read that before I almost killed myself un the heat of the Zugspitz Ultratrail last week haha ;-)
My sense of it is that as I heat adapt, I sweat more but lose fewer electrolytes. My field-expedient measures of adaptation progress: 1) early season sweat burns my eyes to the point of near blindness and forces me to stop, while adapted sweat can flow freely down my face/through my eyes with no burn; 2) early season sweat leaves a crusty rime of white residue on hat and shirt and pack, while adapted sweat leaves no trace. I’m not sure I’ve noticed the old man penalty on this, only know that making the transition has always been a miserable process. Nice post — happy training for that 100K.
Bird watching, blueberries, and monarchs - this one had me rolling AND realizing that aging is hot. 🔥 Forever thankful we get to do it together. ❤️
I see we both got over our writing block! Great post and looking forward to hearing more about your prep for Javelina 100K!