Running Hot

Whether you’re training for a hot-weather race or just trying to get through summer, running in the heat can sap your energy and derail your performance. The good news is that our bodies are highly adaptable, and heat protocols of the type used by Canadian athletes in Doha and Tokyo can easily be adapted by recreational runners

Andrew McKay

BY the time Evan Dunfee made the final turn of the men’s 50K race walk at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the temperature had reached 30 C. Dripping with sweat, Dunfee went into the last kilometre of the race in fifth place, 200 metres out of medal contention. But in the last three minutes, he staged a comeback for the ages, passing Spain’s Marc Tur with about 120 metres to go, to claim a long-deserved bronze medal. “I lacked that extra strength at the end,” Tur said after the race. “I reached the limit of my strength.” But Dunfee doesn’t think he has any special talent that let him deal with the heat better than his competitors—even those from warm climates. In fact, Dunfee chalks his success—including his Olympic medal—up to one…

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Canadian Running (Digital) - 1 Issue, July/August 2022

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