On Tuesdays and Thursdays, if it is a running day, Finn and sometimes Atticus come with me. I work 7:30am to 3:30pm on these days and then Caleb goes to school until 8:45pm. So when I got home from work Finn and I packed up the stroller and started out for our run. Atticus stayed home because of the warmer weather. It was pretty cute. Finn had his cool new sunglasses on and hat and his bottle of water. Coolest baby in town!
We started out running north. We ended up running all the way to Shoaff Park, doing the mile loop and then running back. I hadn't looked at the weather all day. I thought it was warmer, maybe 69-70 degrees F. It turns out it was actually 83 degrees F when I was running with Finn in the stroller with all his stuff against high winds. I was wondering why I felt a bit more physically taxed that usual. I ran 3.8miles. When I got home I felt sick. I was dizzy, really sick to my stomach and was sweating profusely. It is common for my resting heart rate to return within 2 minutes at the most. My heart was still pounding after a half hour.
Finn had to eat dinner so I made dinner for him and got him in his chair and let him eat. While he was eating I laid on the floor and did my stretches very slowly. I have never experienced that kind of physical reaction to running before, ever. I had drank water before the run and had two glasses of water after. About 3 hours after the run I almost felt normal.
Friday I worked 10hours and considering what had happened the day before I decided to make Friday my other day off this week.
Happy Easter Everybody!
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Classic symptoms of heat exhaustion! Basically, your body overheated--it couldn't get rid of heat fast enough. You were probably somewhat dehydrated, too. Take cold water on your runs, run sparingly in the heat, wear a hat to keep the sun off your head. Your body should begin to adapt. If you have the symptoms again, get your body temp down quickly (drink cold water, take a cool shower).
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