It's the humidity.

AKMA usually offers a daily report on his 2-mile run (Major props!), but what caught my eye today was his comment on the temperature. He called it a "hot morning," at 19°C (which I used Spotlight to tell me was 66°F)!

England's climate and Florida's are vastly different, even in a world that has a new climate everywhere. We all acclimate, to one degree or another (no pun intended), to the prevailing climate where we live. Heat does affect performance, both from the thermodynamic efficiency perspective, and the subjective experience of heat.

I got up this morning at 0515 and checked the temperature, it was 77°F (25°C) but 95% humidity! I was just glad it wasn't 80°F. When you step outside first thing in the morning and it's warmer than it is in the house, it's just depressing. And the humidity just feels like this oppressive blanket weighing on you.

But, I went out with the sticks. I didn't get a good pace going, though I felt like my form was doing better. Mile 3 was my quickest at a 17':33" pace (kicked it up a bit for the last quarter mile to 17':12"). Not my best effort with the sticks, but not my worst either.

I did see a meteor not long after starting out, so that was a bonus.

The sky was looking pretty when I got home, and I often think of putting up the drone to grab a shot; but I'm usually just spent. I take off my shoes, grab a cold drink, plop in my chair in my office, turn on the ceiling fan and read my feed or watch YouTube until I dry out.

I do like using the trekking poles. I can feel it in my arms and my upper body, and I think it helps keep my spine more vertical. It does alter my gait somewhat, and I feel some stiffness in my ankles and the lower parts of my calves I don't normally experience. I still keep a death grip on the handles and I haven't made any progress in trying to relax them.

This is the part of the summer when it's just oppressively hot and humid without relief, even in northeast Florida.

I've got to look at the tides here and figure out a good time to put the new kayak in the water. I'll want to do that early in the morning, because I think that'll be better for seeing birds. I hope to get that accomplished this week.

Originally posted at Nice Marmot 09:36 Monday, 12 August 2024