Half Ironman FAIL!! (long)

[Owlie]

Don't feel bad. I wound up with an IV drip after walking to the school bookstore and blacking out in it. Heat is hard--you did well to do that much.

[OakLeaf]

+1 on what everyone else said. If none of you completed your planned workout, that tells you a lot.

I'm not sure what your weather's been, but here, it's been so variable that no one has been able to acclimate to heat. If it stays hot between now and your race day you should be fine. If you don't get a chance to consistently work out in those temperatures though, that's when you just can't acclimate.

Good for you for knowing when to say when, and not trying to push past your limits. As the saying goes, any workout that you can walk away from is a good one...

[Biciclista]

one of the strongest riders I know is a man from Phoenix. I asked him, how do you do it? He said, "I don't... I ride in the early morning before it gets too hot. . . " and he'll cancel the ride if it's just going to be too hot, because it's not worth it to him to risk his health for a ride. Sounds to me like you did the right thing. I wilt when it gets over 80!

[Tri Girl]

thanks everyone.

Talked to the friend who organized it and we're going to try it again in about 3 weeks. This time we'll start the ride at first light (6 am) and be done running by noon- then we'll swim last. It'll just be a mixed-up triathlon with the coolest part of the event being in the hottest part of the day.
There's always a next time.

[Dogmama]

This is my 50th fun filled summer in Tucson When it's over 100 degrees, it's too hot to ride or run. Period. I've been active outdoors ever since I was a tadpole and trust me - you don't acclimate to 100+ degrees. Desert animals know this. If I were to take a walk, it would be eerily quiet right now.

Once you get heatstroke, you can become extremely sensitive to heat. You did the exact right thing. So did your friends.

[Tri Girl]

so I'm coming to understand that you just don't really acclimate to crazy heat? Ok, I can be at peace with that. I just have never really had issues with the heat before last summer and this summer, so I was starting to feel kinda wimpy- like I should be able to handle it.
Dogmama- thanks. I grew up in Yuma and never remember the heat being so hard on me. Of course, perhaps my memory has faded and the summers were much worse than I remember. Of course, I was only ever swimming competitively in the summers, not running or riding (with good sense, apparently).

Thanks again, everyone . Will try it again and hopefully the weather will settle down a skosh!
And to think I was griping and complaining about the 2 blizzards (one week apart) that we had in late January when it was 20 below zero. I shall never complain about the winter again... until next year.

[Crankin]

I never complain about winter. I hated the desert heat, and I am glad to know that I am not the only desert rat who did not go outside to exercise in the summer! I always assumed the cycling season in AZ went from October or November through March. Makes more sense to me.