In the Heat

It's hot today and I was out in it. I'm a cold weather rower, a perspirer, and it's days like this that make me welcome the cold Atlantic. I'd wear an air conditioned vest but on days like this, I know I'd flip and electrocute myself. I got a little dehydrated out there and it reminded me of a trick I learned some years ago. Two hours before a hot row, drink up -- often. It will carry most people for an hour. But better to keep water coming every 30 minutes or so in heat. Once you go into deficit on dehydration during exercise, it's almost impossible to turn it around.