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Created by LittleFella > 9 months ago, 17 Nov 2016
petermac33
WA, 6415 posts
21 Nov 2016 3:30AM
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There was a guy in Perth years back that was running during the day in 35C or thereabouts.

He cooked himself and is now basically a cripple.

His body did its best to protect the vitals but not much else survived.

If you must run - run on grass or sand. Uphill like Ian K mentioned is good to,just remember to walk back down.

Rails
QLD, 1371 posts
21 Nov 2016 6:20AM
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petermac33 said..
There was a guy in Perth years back that was running during the day in 35C or thereabouts.

He cooked himself and is now basically a cripple.

His body did its best to protect the vitals but not much else survived.

If you must run - run on grass or sand. Uphill like Ian K mentioned is good to,just remember to walk back down.


What this shows is that you should ask running questions on a running forum

seabreeze you can just use for chuckles

Hunter S
WA, 516 posts
21 Nov 2016 1:20PM
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^^^ Wow, I never realized windsurfing was so boring

Gorgo
VIC, 5103 posts
21 Nov 2016 10:53PM
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myusernam said..
What about vibram barefoot shoes and running on the balls of your feet? Its the way nature intended.

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Vibram got sued and had to pay out $3.75 million in compensation for making false claims about their shoes. I tried a pair of 5 Fingers and they were the worst things.

Mark _australia
WA, 23477 posts
21 Nov 2016 9:22PM
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petermac33 said..
There was a guy in Perth years back that was running during the day in 35C or thereabouts.

He cooked himself and is now basically a cripple.

His body did its best to protect the vitals but not much else survived.

If you must run - run on grass or sand. Uphill like Ian K mentioned is good to,just remember to walk back down.


Yup - when they run a race in anything more than 35deg, watch all the competitors just die, live on TV.
All the time we see people looking like hamburgers, totally cooked on the track at the stadium.


Pete, stop listening to rumours then beefing them up and posting on seabreeze like it is medical facts.



Ian K
WA, 4157 posts
22 Nov 2016 6:56AM
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Mark _australia said..

petermac33 said..
There was a guy in Perth years back that was running during the day in 35C or thereabouts.

He cooked himself and is now basically a cripple.

His body did its best to protect the vitals but not much else survived.

If you must run - run on grass or sand. Uphill like Ian K mentioned is good to,just remember to walk back down.



Yup - when they run a race in anything more than 35deg, watch all the competitors just die, live on TV.
All the time we see people looking like hamburgers, totally cooked on the track at the stadium.


Pete, stop listening to rumours then beefing them up and posting on seabreeze like it is medical facts.





It does happen from time to time. Runners know about it.

www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a20851594/2007-chicago-marathon-melt-down/

jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12970-015-0091-x

books.google.com.au/books?id=gXxkYhqQCtIC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=overheating+runners+meltdown&source=bl&ots=9m_hsuEtJs&sig=fFIwRAe_5fA4WZaL4peNY-xBy8s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrmvDP9brQAhXCH5QKHa2FAv0Q6AEIMTAD#v=onepage&q=overheating%20runners%20meltdown&f=false

Mark _australia
WA, 23477 posts
22 Nov 2016 5:02PM
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^^^ still dubious. They were people not used to the heat. Pete's talking about Perth, and given his previous interesting stories .........

petermac33
WA, 6415 posts
22 Nov 2016 6:31PM
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From memory I thought it was in Perth.

Point being it does happen.

Mr Milk
NSW, 3115 posts
22 Nov 2016 10:56PM
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Those stories just go to show how determined some people can be over the most pointless task. When your head starts spinning and your legs are burning from physical effort it's time to stop.



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