Weekly update: 175 minutes

As I mentioned in an earlier post, this was a busy week and a week bad for jogging and walking. On Saturday, my wife and I went out about 9:30 am, but the heat was high. I carried three bottles of water and used it all (each bottle is 1 cup). I was sweating quite a lot, and the sweating was heavy, that is, more than normal. I also got a touch of dizziness during the latter part of my walks and jogs. That, plus my sweating, indicates I was starting to suffer from heat exhaustion. Fortunately, my exercise ended before heat stroke occurred. I've learned that I don't adapt to hot weather as much as I did when I was younger. When I was in my 60s and 70s, I could run in midday and extra water was enough to keep me going.  Now, I get heat exhaustion from the same temperature and humidity range.

The heavy sweating and moments of dizziness, indicates that heat exhaustion was beginning to occur. My conclusion is that I need to continue to carry water, such that I have water left at the end of my walk/jog, and that I need to go out earlier in the morning or later in the evening to avoid the heat of midday. Doing a shorter distance during midday temperatures is also a good idea. So far, at least, this applies to my longer runs on Wednesday and Saturday, but not to my shorter runs on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Time will tell if I get heat exhaustion on my shorter runs.

After I arrived back home (Saturday), it was an hour before I felt normal. During that hour, I drank water and stayed indoors away from the heat.

The images shown below are taken from without approval from the Internet. Heat exhaustion occurs first and leads to heat stroke. Heat stroke leads to death!

Weekly update: 173 minutes

This was a bad week for our jogging and running. We only got out 4 days, due to a busy family schedule. The distance each time we went out was reduced, usually cut in half. On Saturday, we waited until evening to avoid hot daytimes. Next week will be bad, too.

Weekly update: 274 minutes

Judy and I did exercise on 6 days. Five of the days were scheduled, and the 6th day was our walking around Thanksgiving Point looking for a wedding; I was tired and walked slowly around Thanksgiving Point. The daytime each day was in the high 90s, and on the two longer jog/walks on Wednesday and Saturday, we were out earlier in the morning or later in the evening to avoid the heat. We were also out in the late-evening on the slow Friday walk (6th day),

I carried 3 bottles of water on Wednesday, but I carried no water on Friday and Saturday. I got extra water from the fountain at the 100th South parking lot (at the beginning and end of each outing) on Wednesday and Saturday.

The shorter walks on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday are done near my home by going twice around the block each walk. The medium jog/walk is on Wednesday, and the long jog/walk is on Saturday, and both jog/walks are on the Jordan River Parkway; especially while coming back, I take short rest-stops on some of the benches along the path of the Parkway.

All in all, it was a nice week!

Weekly update: 188 minutes

This week was a rest week, and I shortened each of my jog/walks. I went out five times this week, and on my two longer jog/walks, I tried to go out earlier to catch the morning shade, because it is pretty hot during the day. I was glad for the water I carried on my two longer outings (Wednesday and Friday), but I only carried two bottles (1 cup each bottle) of water. The water fountain at the beginning and end of my outings gave me additional water (the fountain is in the 100th South parking lot).

It is dangerous to run or walk in hot weather. The main problem is heat exhaustion, and that can lead to heat stroke, and that can lead to death! As long as one is sweating, he/she is probably OK, although the sweating should be normal for that exercise. Heavy sweating, which is sweating greater than normal, is one of the signs of heat exhaustion. But, if the sweating stops, stop your training and head for the nearest shade. Stop the exercise and get some water inside your body so sweating can begin again; otherwise, your body temperature will rise and rise and rise, until death occurs.

In hot weather, run early in the morning while it is cooler. Be careful though, because heat exhaustion can occur early in the morning, too. The main thing is if you are sweating or not when you should be sweating. However, heavy sweating which is sweating greater than normal, is one of the signs of heat exhaustion, and that exhaustion may lead to heat stroke. Normal sweating is the body's way of cooling itself. Normal sweating is good. It may save your life!