Originally Posted by
echappist
oh man, the memories
i had ~2.5 liters for three hours, and still ran nearly dry toward the end, sipping warm water. Would have been nice to have someone hand me an insulated bottle...
I never understood why they decided to run the longer races in the afternoon, when they could have done it in the morning (when it's a lot cooler)
We used to have a stage race in Ocala that was held in mid-June each year. Ocala is in the north/central part of the state -- nowhere near coastal breezes, in the summer you're just stewing in your own juices. The 2010 edition recorded road temps over 115°. The 1/2/3 race was 80 miles on Saturday and 63 miles on Sunday. Both started somewhere around 10:30AM. I think my kidneys suffered some serious trauma that weekend.