Dude. 100k in 34° heat at over 5,000m? I just feel like I'm complaining with my "difficult" spring 10-milers at 4,000 ft. Epic day out there... Enjoyed the read!
haha the doesn’t care where it hits you ;-) just for clarification: the total elevation gain of the race was 5500m. The highest points / peaks roughly 2000m. So it wasn’t Hardrock 100, thank goodness.
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.
Thanks for reading and commenting, Jeff! Love the perspective of noticing differences in sweat... Not just rate, but also salt content. Now that you mention it, my favorite black hat got pretty crusty early season and is looking better these days! I really enjoyed reading your Hardrock training plan. Look forward to hearing how it goes at altitude.
Regular saunas leading up to summer helps acclimatise too 🙌
Nice one! Wish I would have read that before I almost killed myself un the heat of the Zugspitz Ultratrail last week haha ;-)
Dude. 100k in 34° heat at over 5,000m? I just feel like I'm complaining with my "difficult" spring 10-milers at 4,000 ft. Epic day out there... Enjoyed the read!
haha the doesn’t care where it hits you ;-) just for clarification: the total elevation gain of the race was 5500m. The highest points / peaks roughly 2000m. So it wasn’t Hardrock 100, thank goodness.
Important point :) Still… Quite a day. Congrats.
Thanks ❤️
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.
Thanks for reading and commenting, Jeff! Love the perspective of noticing differences in sweat... Not just rate, but also salt content. Now that you mention it, my favorite black hat got pretty crusty early season and is looking better these days! I really enjoyed reading your Hardrock training plan. Look forward to hearing how it goes at altitude.
Bird watching, blueberries, and monarchs - this one had me rolling AND realizing that aging is hot. 🔥 Forever thankful we get to do it together. ❤️
At least with my Father's Day shoes, I'll be comfortable while I age. What a silly, grand adventure
I see we both got over our writing block! Great post and looking forward to hearing more about your prep for Javelina 100K!
Just needed to sit down and get the fingers moving! Thank you for reading.