Running

shady one way street

Was disappointed this meant "shelter from the sun"

Great effort there.

Enjoyed that, thanks for sharing! Sounds like quite a bizarre experience.

Hahahaha I have changed it to "shaded". It's actually a really nice street in the Former French Concession so I feel bad accidentally slagging it off! The street near mine with the club that I ran past at 3am is definitely waaaaay more shady.

I liked it!

Also. Pocari sweat. Did you get sponsorship?

I should be sponsored by them! Maybe I'll write to them, I've only got a few boxes left of the stuff, I could do with more... It was the only thing I could really stomach after the free flow bloody marys messed up any half-arsed nutrition plan.

Berlin's off, New York's off. Lack of decision on London looks increasingly like the sort of dithering / "but what about the economy" the Tories are playing at with everything else. Just fucking call it off.

I appear to have transcended to some sort of elite training status today

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1hr30 run last night, left it late so it wasn't too hot, but found my limit for running without water in this weather.
Running has taken a hit since bigger rides were back on the lockdown menu but gradually getting back to where I was at the start of May - learning to be extra patient (and extra tired) when juggling the two.

the gps went awry at the start

I've been using this site to tweak shonky GPS measurements - you can remove / move any track point on a GPX file

https://opoto.github.io/wtracks/

(It works far quicker if you use the tool that removes all track points within 1m)

It was fairly straight forward to identify fix years & years of GPX data, once fetcheveryone / smashrun showed my best times

I like the way that Smashrun tells me that Thursdays are my slowest days - by quite some margin.

Anyway - Running hats. What are people wearing?

I'm never sure if they make running in the sun & heat any more bearable.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/mens-running-cap-black-id_8489276.html

Helps keep the sweat off for the forehead as it mostly soaks into the cap and then drips off the peak.

Mostly.

I've got a very similar Nike one in white, which I've been using a lot recently. Helps keep sweat out of the eyes, shields the blinding sun, and definitely feels cooler. Soak in cold water before the run for added chill factor.

I also got some proper tennis-style sweat bands for my sweaty hands for indoor rowing, and wear those (or one right wrist/Garmin left wrist) which I started wearing on lock-down runs to help avoid touching my face, but wear them out of habit now anyway.

in white

Decrackalon used to do them in white, maybe they're just out of stock at the mo. There is a light grey one:-

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/C-2581619-running-caps-hats-and-visors

(Reminds me, I was going to get a couple of the kids ones for MiniGB.)

Even after a 5k this morning mine was absolutely soaked through (I'd also lost 0.5kg through sweat in just 30 minutes).

https://www.nike.com/gb/t/acg-aw84-cap-Ms9S8m/CU6522-470

I mostly run wearing hats and this is now my go to - the toggle tightening works really nicely

I don't think anyone should be running wearing me :(

Inov - 8 used to do great summer hats with a towelling band on the inside

It must be entirely in my head but I've always noticed that I feel less hot if I run with sunglasses on a hot sunny day.

Annoyingly, Inov8 used to do a lot of good stuff. Then they stopped.

I've ordered a 2XU and a Salomon - we'll see which one works best.

It would be distracting more than anything.

"Are we there yet? I'm huuuungry" etc...

I quite fancy an 80's Wimbledon style headband thing, as I find I'm routinely blinded by sweat in my eyes when it gets this hot.

My Garmin 945 is taunting me that I have a long way to go to get used to this heat...

11%

That will give you a very unforgiving tan line

I recently had a 2xu run cap, decent fit, but mesh panels in the top

Montane Coda cap which was too big and an OMM trail cap in S/M which could have been a kid's hat.

I have an old Decathlon one which, as someone said earlier, drips the sweat off the peak.

My best of the three was 2xu, but I didn't fancy weird tanlines on my noggin.

I will try the OMM one in a larger size at some point

Is there a solution to more forerunner 235 locking my cadence instead of heart rate?

Got one of these recently, not sure it'll stop my bald spot getting burnt, but is nice and cool and keeps the sweat off.
https://www.alpinetrek.co.uk/patagonia-duckbill-cap/

I’ve had my eyes on one of these. Do they fit a bit like a cycling cap?