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Comic-style illustration of a heat-adapted runner locked in the Zone, embodying mid-summer grit and aerobic flow.

Weekly Recap: Heat Warnings, Heart Rates, and Hard Truths (July 7–13, 2025)

Resilience in the Heat This week tested everything: pacing discipline, hydration smarts, mantras, and heat adaptation. From a rocket-fueled progression run to a long Zone 2 slog under heat warning skies, it was a clinic in listening to the body – and a quiet triumph in staying upright, focused, and unshaken when conditions tried to […]

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Weekly Recap

Heat Adaptation for Runners: When Fuel Fights Back

Every runner has a story of the run that almost ended them. Mine? It involved heat, a long route, and a handful of innocent-looking pitted dates. I was trying to fuel naturally—something light, portable, and carb-rich. Dates had served me well before. But on this scorching summer run, they morphed into gut grenades. Within minutes,

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Anatomy of a Long Run: Breaking Down the Distance, Step by Step

Every long run has a rhythm, a turning point, and if you’re lucky, a moment of flow. On June 29, I ran 11.1 km over 1 hour and 20 minutes, and what unfolded was a masterclass in effort regulation, fueling strategy, and physiological feedback. Let’s break down the anatomy of a long run, using real-time

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