If you are going to do a HIM in late May in FL, you might want to expect killer heat and humidity.
FL is not known for shade this time of year. The sun is almost directly overhead by mid day, which is when you get out there unless your name is Lessing.
I can’t handle the heat, so you won’t see me doing this race even though it is relatively local.
Gulf Coast Triathlon suffers the same conditions. Once you get into St Andrews Park, the sand dunes act like solar reflectors to blast the runners. I’ve done that race five or six times and have always suffered on the run.
Yeah. It’s a little humid here in Florida as well. If you don’t do everything right with your nutrition, hydration, and electrolytes, the Florida heat will punish you big time.
I love it!
not his faut…everyone delt with the same conditions you did, right? if this triathlon stuff was easy everyone would do it.
If you can’t handle the sun maybe pick up and run with an umbrella.
Maybe it wouldn’t have been so bad had they not run out of water on the run course!
Run with an umbrella… What about using a snorkel during the swim ??
A distant third party observer might conclude you took it out too hard on the swim and bike…for the conditions…
You know…in 20 years of racing I’ve NEVER found a way to beat the conditions…Maybe Gerard has some super-secret weapon in store that will cancel the effects…I don’t know…
Until then, I’d suggest racing smart…NOT hard.
Aaaww…maybe the next Disney 1/2 (or any Florida summer race), we can hold the run in a local air-conditioned mall 
But then someone would be whingeing about the white haired wrinklies getting in the way during their mall walking mornings. Oh, well…
Cheers
Barry
Another distant third party observer might conclude that you are whining.
Maybe they can have the run inside a mall next year, and then you can know the precise temperature in advance.
i wrote that post a few hours after going into shock, gimme a break, i was a bit pissed
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OK, you get slack.
I did Georgia Rock n Roll Half last year in June. ALL hills. I am from Florida also, and I didn’t know what they were at first, and they scared me. I thought they might fall over and I would be buried alive. The run was also on an incline, up or down, no flat. With the heat index, I think it was high nineties. My only bitch is that they described it as rolling hills, and the run course as something like 50% shaded. I guess they probably were rolling hills, compared to real hills, but I was out of the saddle on every one. The only time the run course was “shaded” was at 7:00 AM when the sun was coming over the horizon, but not when most people were running. It was wierd to see really fit looking people puking and sitting on the side of the road cramping in pain.
Hope you’re feeling better now. The heat’s just always going to be a part of racing down here, and even with good heat management skills, sometimes it’s going to get you.
Break granted…
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