Let’s not kid ourselves: Everyone needs to listen to this episode because extreme weather is coming, if it hasn’t arrived already. Hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Coach Liz Waterstraat (a hot-weather racing warrior!) welcome Christopher Minson, Ph.D., a professor of Human Physiology at University of Oregon, where he is also co-director of the Exercise and Environmental Physiology Labs, to strategize about running and cycling in hot weather. Dr. Chris shares:

-some fascinating science re: sweat + thermoregulation

-reasons to run outside instead of in a climate-controlled enviro

-somewhat-surprising advice for what to wear when running in the heat

-the importance of other success-producing factors, like rest + hydration

-why your heat training should start mid-winter!

Before the heat-expert joins around 10:10, Coach Liz talks about making peace with her family’s summer schedule (including her teen son’s late-night second dinners).

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