Running in "steaming" conditions: When humidity is more dangerous than heat!
Running in "steaming" conditions: When humidity is more dangerous than heat!
Who's going out to run lately and feel like they're in a sauna? The temperature on the weather app may not seem very high, but when you run for a moment, you get tired, sweat, and heart through the zone.
Many people are only wary of "heat" (high temperatures), but for runners in Thailand, the hidden and more dangerous danger is "humidity." Let's see why running in extreme weather is more scary than you think.
Why is the humidity so insidious?
Normally, when our bodies exercise and heat, the main cooling system that is used is to "shed sweat," but do you know that the sweat that flows out into the waterfall does not cool us until the sweat "evaporates" into the air?
The problem is that when we run on a "high humidity" day (such as an overcast, closed air, or after a new rain), the air around us is so full of steam that it is in a spot called "saturated," that it can no longer absorb the water from our sweat.
The result was: sweat flooded but did not evaporate.
Impact when the body is "steamed"
When sweat does not evaporate, the body cannot be cooled. What follows is a dangerous effect on the runner's physical condition:
Core Temperature Soaring: The body core temperature heats up quickly, like an engine without a radiator to cool.
Cardiac Drift: The body tries to pump more blood to the skin in the hope of cooling, reducing the blood that feeds the muscles, so the heart rate will beat faster, even though we may be running at the same speed (Pace).
Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke: If the body is unable to cope, it can lead to fatigue, or most seriously, heat Stroke, which is fatal.
Trick survives when it comes to running on a stuffy day.
If waking up and finding the weather this morning so damp that it can sense gooey toughness, adjust the running plan:
1. Throw Pace away first: The humid day is not the day to make PB (Personal Best) to lower the speed, run after the feeling of fatigue (RPE), or keep the Heart Rate in a safe zone.
2. Compression water and mineral salt: When sweating a lot but not evaporating, the body will sweat even more, causing us to waste a lot of water and electrolyte, periodically sipping water and mineral salt.
3. Choose the right clothes: Choose light sports clothes, breathable best.
4. Note the body alarm: This is the most important! If you feel dark, dizzy, nauseous, fighting goosebumps, even if the weather is hot, or suddenly the sweat stops. "Stop running immediately." Hurry into the shade and find a quick cooling.
A healthy run is a run that we get back to tomorrow. One day the weather is too "steamed," preserves the body, lowers the speed, and runs to be happy and safe.













































































