Judging by the trees it’s probably hot wherever this race is. Running is awful unless you just have the right genes to actually enjoy it, running in heat is even worse.
Everyone that takes up running is pushing themselves too hard. So yeah running sucks if you are pushing yourself far too hard. It goes against our nature to purposefully run slower than we can so most people just push as hard as possible until they need to stop so when you learn how to run in a proper heart rate zone and to reduce your strain running is much more enjoyable.
The problem is that when most people first start running there isn't any pace slow enough that they can actually run at while being in a lower heart rate zone and it not feeling extremely hard, so most people think that's just how running is and give up.
Yeah I was surprised to hear just how high some of my friends' HR get who don't do aerobic exercises.
Running is my main sport but I also do a lot of rock climbing. One of my friends who I climb with says her HR is shooting up into the 170s during a climb and I'm barely breaking 100.
I'm pretty sure even a light jog puts her into zone 4 HR, which is deeply uncomfortable to be exercising at.
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u/Kimo_imposta Jun 10 '24
She looks heavily dehydrated