Kimmyt
06-27-2007, 08:47 AM
So, I've gotten pretty darn comfortable with my 2-3x weekly 3 mile runs and have done some longer ones (4-5mi) on the weekends. But there is one part of my workout that seems to limit my ability to do longer distances.
The other day I did a nice 4 mile run on the treadmill and I felt... great. Except for that one thing. It's not my lungs, because even into mile 3.5 my HR was even at a nice 150-160bpm and my breathing was unlabored. And it's not my legs, because they're rarely the things that let me down.
It was the heat. I was inside, on a treadmill. And yeah it's better when the temps are cooler and I'm outside with a breeze, but the gym was air conditioned. But the same thing happened to me that always happens when I run, and that is that my face gets beet red and feels like an explosive tomato. It feels HOT. And because of that I feel like I must stop running, even though my heartrate and my breathing and my legs don't seem to agree. I've also noticed that I don't seem to sweat, at all, out of my face. Everywhere else, yeah. I'm wondering if this feeling of heat collecting in my face is because of the no sweat thing? I'm plenty hydrated, as is evidenced by my soaked shirt and shorts after a run, but my face is just bone dry, like theres no sweat glands there.
Anyone else suffer from the same thing? Any tips? Am I just gonna have to get used to running through that feeling of explosive tomato face? Will it ever get better?
K.
The other day I did a nice 4 mile run on the treadmill and I felt... great. Except for that one thing. It's not my lungs, because even into mile 3.5 my HR was even at a nice 150-160bpm and my breathing was unlabored. And it's not my legs, because they're rarely the things that let me down.
It was the heat. I was inside, on a treadmill. And yeah it's better when the temps are cooler and I'm outside with a breeze, but the gym was air conditioned. But the same thing happened to me that always happens when I run, and that is that my face gets beet red and feels like an explosive tomato. It feels HOT. And because of that I feel like I must stop running, even though my heartrate and my breathing and my legs don't seem to agree. I've also noticed that I don't seem to sweat, at all, out of my face. Everywhere else, yeah. I'm wondering if this feeling of heat collecting in my face is because of the no sweat thing? I'm plenty hydrated, as is evidenced by my soaked shirt and shorts after a run, but my face is just bone dry, like theres no sweat glands there.
Anyone else suffer from the same thing? Any tips? Am I just gonna have to get used to running through that feeling of explosive tomato face? Will it ever get better?
K.