It’s been up to 80% humidity over the last 24 hours.
Went for a very slow run last night, just 5km, and ended up walking. All clothes including shoes absolutely soaked in sweat & drank 3 pints of squash straight away on getting home. “Feels like” temp was 52C according to app.
This morning riding in I was absolutely dripping & continued to drip for the first hour of work, despite the a/c
still kinda like it though 
. Vastly preferable to being cold.
go steady, please…
“steady” would be a very generous description for last night’s jog-walk 
But yes 
The hottest day on TCR in Turkey, my Garmin showed 45.6 degrees - obviously in the sun, however as I was on my bike right next to Gsrmin, that was temp I experienced as well.
I was drinking around 2L water per hour, it was OK when moving, however as soon as I stopped a puddle rapidly developed. Hills were a tad on warm side.
It’s incredible how fast you adapt to pretty extreme temperatures (well maybe not everyone). In Turkey on the last morning, around 0530 it felt really chilly, Garmin said 18.9 degrees
Has anyone used the Garmin heat adaption monitor for this? I vaguely remember it popping up while I was in Holland earlier in the year saying I was adapted towards the end of the holiday. It might be only on certain models?
Although I’m guessing it is fairly simplistic and realises from location that you’re in a different location and the temperature has jumped 10c, and there’s a general adaption of 2c per day 
How do you carry your liquid in TCR? Litre bottles on the bike but presumably you have other stuff and aren’t stopping every hour?
I had. 4 750ml bottles, so 3L water. I only had water in bottles. I stopped every 2 - 2.5 hours, each time I stopped I filled my water, I also drank a 1L bottle of bitter lemon (available at most petrol stations) and 1 or 2 cans of ice coffee. I would also grab some food
The best stops had 1kg bags of ice. I filled my bottles with ice cubes and topped up with water. Sparkling water was better than still as it contains some salt and minerals
Thought it was particularly hot and soupy today riding in at midday, had to sit down under an a/c unit for 15 minutes on arrival. The calculator basically is calling me a moron I think.
(TBH this calculator seems a bit OTT and alarmist. It wasn’t THAT bad, at least don’t think it was)
It has been thought that a sustained wet-bulb temperature exceeding 35 °C (95 °F)—given the body’s requirement to maintain a core temperature of about 37°C—is likely to be fatal even to fit and healthy people, unclothed in the shade next to a fan; at this temperature human bodies switch from shedding heat to the environment, to gaining heat from it.
TBH did feel a little peaky on arrival at work today. Maybe I’ll pause the midday commutes until the humidity drops
With some actual races coming up, I had decided it was time to do some speedwork again and so this morning tried a 8km run with 3 x 1km intervals thrown in.
Shocker! The heat and humidity this morning meant was hitting pretty much maxHR at 4 - 5 mins per km, especially towards the end. And even walking, HR didn’t drop below 130 after the 2nd effort. Proper sweatfest.
I’m considering taking ice in pouches to first race in a couple of weeks - might experiment on some training runs before then. Under hat, in tri suit pockets etc.
This is my concern in a few weeks, it’s still at least 30c in Greece so going to be double what we have here.
Sauna not really an option as it triggers my sinuses so it’s probably indoor training and trying to get a few runs the week before.
In Texas and Amsterdam it was a struggle going from cold British weather to strong sunshine and 25c or higher
Jacket on during session and/or a hot bath afterwards?
It doesn’t take long to get hot in our gym, and don’t think I’ve had a bath for about 40 years 
** I do shower regularly!
