11.25 miles, HR 158, 11:38/mile 15 pounds of water lost, Stephen

11.25 miles, HR 158, 11:38/mile 15 pounds of water lost by skaas at Garmin Connect - Details

I slept in so I had to do my run in the middle of the afternoon. It was only about 95 degrees and humid, so I figured I wouldn't have any problems. I drank 20oz of Mtn Dew, 10oz of Gatorade, and 80oz of water. At mile 7 I stopped and put ice in the 2 pockets in my shirt and ice in my cap. It felt good and helped to keep the HR down a bit, but my real problem was getting enough fluids. After drinking 110oz of fluids, I still lost about 7 pounds of water weight. So I took in over 7 pounds of fluids and still lost 7 pounds. That is almost 15 pounds in a 2 hour run. I sweat way too much. My legs felt ok after last night's tempo run, but I could really feel the humidity. I did end up walking the last .5 mile, even that just barely got my hr where it should be. The goal was to figure out if I could run in the heat by pace or if I need to still watch the HR. I'd say for runs longer than 6-8 miles I need to watch the HR, anything shorter I can judge my effort by pace.