As a life long resident of the gulf coast, I have experienced snow once in my life. In Boston. And it was amidst a northeastern. And I was miserable. I flew back to the coast and went swimming in the bayou 2 days later.
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25JAN21 PILOT/NFO BOARD
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Running in the heat sucks more for me than running in the cold.
You got it! I hate carrying hydration. Also I swear like a pig already, the heat just makes it worse. I legit have to wear a head band to keep the sweat out of my eyes ?
Ehhhh have you ever ran in 98 degrees Florida humity?
Edit: read that wrong thought you said cold is worse than heat
For real though. I've never understood people who go running mid afternoon in the summertime during the hottest part of the day. When I used to do afternoon PT in Pensacola, my pacetime slowed down so much because the pavement would overheat my shoes and constrict around my feet. The day I switched to morning PT, mile pace instantly dropped down 3 min lol
villo0692
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as someone who lived in West Palm Beach, FL till August, was stationed at NAS Jacksonville, FL for 5 years.....and who currently moved to Massachussets....I can say that I hate to run in the cold way more than the other way around.....try going out when its 18 degrees and there's ice on the roads which is impossible to see at times
This is why people train at high elevation, they're essentially running in the heat of the day all the time compared to someone at sea level when you look at the different density altitudes. The mid-day run isn't hard because it's hot, it's because the heat means more moisture and more moisture means less oxygen available.
I.E. The density altitude here today is 2,700 but I'm at 5,000ft altitude so I'd rather run in the afternoon to get closer to the actual altitude. Running in the morning or evening wouldn't benefit me as much for training being at higher altitude. I've had some runs in the end of summer when the density altitude was around 9,500 at 1PM. Those were tough runs.
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My response to this going over my head...
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Lol, I actually lived in Daytona Beach for a little while so yeah I know that feeling. I'll take sub 20 degree temps over that nastiness any day.
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Yea, I ran once too. Didn't like it.
Oh, anyone who gets selected will learn all about density altitude ("DA") and its effects, it's not that bad. Just factors into aircraft performance etc. And honestly people performance...
If you wanted to track density altitude from a local airport, find one close that has a number for their AWOS or ASOS and you can track the density altitude when you ran for the day and maybe see why some days feel sluggish and others feel great. Density altitude is in the remarks section of the "ATIS".
Coldest I ran in was -5.... the frost around my face mask and accumulating on my eyelids sucked. Every time I would blink my eyelids would get a little stuck.....
Super interesting for sure, can’t wait to be taught this. Going to look it up tonight.
I've got ForeFlight on my iPad so maybe I can just compulsively look up DA instead clicking refresh on the At Board page. ?
You don’t gotta flex your iPad on me lol.... jkjkjk