Heat Blisters
- Thread starter paintboy
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Yes, hot surfaces are dangerous. Also, surfaces that cause a lot of friction cause the same problem - had to make that experience myself playing capoeira yesterday... You might be able to (slowly) adapt though.
Yup. TMTS goes for heat, too. I suppose you've considered adjusting your schedule to avoid some of the worst heat build up. Good luck!
Last summer here in roasting-hot Austin, Texas, I thought I'd do my regular 8-mile walk barefoot. After 1/4 mile, my feet hurt too much from the hot sidewalks, so I put on sandals. A month later, much of my calluses pealed off because of that short walk.
AAaahhh.....capoeira.....Miss that soooo much. One way to really get your feet conditioned with all the ginga.
I will actually lotion up my feet before a run in the 90s...the night before at a minimum. They get so dry when it's hot out. I'll probably pick up a small bottle of lotion I can take in my Amphipod water belt for runs > 8mi.
Last year, when I was still pretty new to barefooting, I hardly ever saw the sun while running in the summer and preferred early morning cause the pavement was still pretty toasty at dusk. As long as I was off the pavement by 11am-ish on my morning runs/races, though, I was ok. This year, with more experience under my belt, I seem to be a little more aclimated to the hot pavement, but I'm not too proud to take to the grass along my runs when I encounter darker pavement...then again, It's not really full on "summer" here in Dallas just yet and we don't have a lot of black top...just concrete...
The humidity making my lungs feel empty has been a bigger issue for me.
Be safe!...ish!
-Jonny
Last year, when I was still pretty new to barefooting, I hardly ever saw the sun while running in the summer and preferred early morning cause the pavement was still pretty toasty at dusk. As long as I was off the pavement by 11am-ish on my morning runs/races, though, I was ok. This year, with more experience under my belt, I seem to be a little more aclimated to the hot pavement, but I'm not too proud to take to the grass along my runs when I encounter darker pavement...then again, It's not really full on "summer" here in Dallas just yet and we don't have a lot of black top...just concrete...
The humidity making my lungs feel empty has been a bigger issue for me. Be safe!...ish!
-Jonny
Gosh, I feel your pain! Florida is getting hot, too. Last week I was fixing the sprinklers and stepped off the white concrete onto the black asphalt in the middle of the day. My feet felt like they were sizzling. Even though my feet were wet from the sprinklers, I couldn't stay on the blacktop for more than a few seconds. I prefer running on asphalt, but there's just no way during the day.
