after your morning run, you feel compelled to drop some rubbing alcohol in yours ears. Anyone else?
Scott
Houston, Texas
Last year I was sweating so hard the water was dripping from my hat and down my ears. A drop hit my earbud perfect and filled my ear with water. The acustics was so freaking clear it was amazing. I ran an extra 3 miles just to enjoy the music.
CS
When the humidity is up, it’s like there’s a faucet in my helmet that won’t shut off. I could fill my bottles with what pours out of my helmet.
You need to get some Shure head phones…these ones are only $125ish.
You eat pickles for breakfast because you lost so much salt in sweat.
Me: Lucy, I need $125 for a set of headphones.
Lucy: What?
Me: I need some money to buy new headphones. Some guy on Slowtwitch says they are great.
Lucy: Slowtwitch?
Me: Yeah, the message board I post on.
Lucy: Tell him to buy them for you.
Me: He won’t
Lucy: Neither will I.
That conversation never really happened, but that’s the way I see it happening.
CS
…you get back from your run and people ask if it rained.
Ick, I remember those days. Another reason I left Houston - I couldn’t handle the heat/humidity combo!
come back from the morning run, take a shower, eat breakfast, then have to take another shower before dressing for work because you are still sweating.
come back from the morning run, take a shower, eat breakfast, then have to take another shower before dressing for work because you are still sweating.
x2. plus, you sweat when you are standing still. just fab.
That’s what I love about S. Florida. The heat that hits you when you open the door and step out of the A/C.
My favorite thing is to sit in the car for a few minutes witht he doors closed. It’s like 140* in there. The heat just engulfs you.
CS
have to x2 this
I love getting in the car after work and rolling home with no a/c and windows up. It makes it seem cool on the run/ride that afternoon.
it says 89% humidity at 7 am as you eat your pre-run snack.
the underside of my porch is dripping wet.
I can’t see out any windows because they are all condensing water.
I wring out my shirt every 4 miles and soak my shoes.
I can hear my running partner’s shoes squishing 5 miles into the run.
I can’t wear a hat because the bill drips water constantly.
Me: Lucy, I need $125 for a set of headphones.
Lucy: What?
Me: I need some money to buy new headphones. Some guy on Slowtwitch says they are great.
Lucy: Slowtwitch?
Me: Yeah, the message board I post on.
Lucy: Tell him to buy them for you.
Me: He won’t
Lucy: Neither will I.
That conversation never really happened, but that’s the way I see it happening.
CS
It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. I’ve got a set of Shure’s and they’re fantastic. Durable, good isolation and great sound. Anyone that trains 15-20 hours a week owes it to their ears.
i tried to drop a deuce on the toilet but slid off.
Ha ha…good old H-Town. I was there this past weekend. Needless to say I am happy to be back in Denver.
I lived in Houston for 20 years yet still forget what humidity is. I am always quickly reminded when I step off the plane.
+1 on the shure headphones. Got them last year for my Marathon training during the summer. I never looked back.
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You have to have 3 pairs of cycling shoes, since it takes at least 3 days for them to dry out after a bike ride.
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Takes 2 days for your shirt to dry out when left on the porch.
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You know its humid out when …you sweat : ) In AZ you hardly sweat at all. With 10% humidty you hardly ever sweat, it dries so fast : )
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When you can’t leave a potatoe chip bag open for 10 minutes or they go stale. Here we can leave them open for days and they are still fresh
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When your sandwich does not turn into a crouton after 5 minutes. Leave bread out in AZ for 5 minutes and its a crouton, bread turns hard as a rock very quickly : )
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You have to use bleach every 30 days on anything that faces north on your house, as its so humid it turns green.
You check Weather Underground before heading out to run and are all excited because the dew point is down to 77F, the first time it’s been below 80F in the past two weeks.
You know that there is no such thing as a truly wicking fabric.
When you’re at the sporting goods store, you find yourself in the hunting section thinking that a salt lick designed for deer might be very tasty for humans as well.
I just moved to Denver from New Orleans (similar climate to Houston) and right now, I’m missing the humidity (and oxygen, of course).