Great write up and congrats for toughing that out

Sure I saw you out there with Walter (he is a good friend ) as I was leaving the energy lab

I used this sweat test - I am not that big (156 and 6 foot on race day ) - I sweated 4 pints in 45 mins in an 85 degree run on my test and lost (extrapolated) 3000 mg per hour of sodium , classed as severe

I drank roughly 3 bottles per hour of Gatorade on the bike and about 2 on the run - 4 salt tablets per hour on the bike also but struggled with the base salt on the run

I had the pins and needles all over my body including my face by the time I made into the med tent

Only lost 7 lbs which is great for me and still melted on the second half of the run - it was the hottest I have ever been on three occasions

Walter was spot on , to do well in Kona you need to experience it and even then , if you are on the larger side , it will always be a struggle on the run in my opinion

Cheers

Steve