James Peel
Well-Known Fanatic
What I see most often in my line of heavy construction is the guys don't realize how much water they need to be drinking. I use a table prepared by the Army that lists body weight, temperature, clothing coverage, and work effort and gives the corresponding amount of water that's required. Most people terribly underestimate the amount of water they require.
For me, shooting a 3G match in yesterday's heat, my requirement was effectively 3 regular size bottles of water per hour. I kept up with that, mixed in some electrolyte, ate high quality snacks, brought my own golf umbrella to provide some shade, and kept under it as much as possible. Even with hydrating heavily on Thursday and Friday, by 13:00 I had a headache and at 14:00 I'd called it quits with one stage left to shoot. 10 years ago I suffered heat exhaustion, just short of heat stroke, while building a patio cover in 110 degree heat. Since then I haven't had the same ability to handle the heat. So even though I did all I could to prepare for yesterday, when my body gave me the warning sign of the headache, I knew I had to stop. So even though I was still sweating and had no other outward signs of heat exhaustion, my brain was cooking. Not a good condition.
I'll have to wait until the temp + heat index drops to below 95 before I try and compete a full day again.
For me, shooting a 3G match in yesterday's heat, my requirement was effectively 3 regular size bottles of water per hour. I kept up with that, mixed in some electrolyte, ate high quality snacks, brought my own golf umbrella to provide some shade, and kept under it as much as possible. Even with hydrating heavily on Thursday and Friday, by 13:00 I had a headache and at 14:00 I'd called it quits with one stage left to shoot. 10 years ago I suffered heat exhaustion, just short of heat stroke, while building a patio cover in 110 degree heat. Since then I haven't had the same ability to handle the heat. So even though I did all I could to prepare for yesterday, when my body gave me the warning sign of the headache, I knew I had to stop. So even though I was still sweating and had no other outward signs of heat exhaustion, my brain was cooking. Not a good condition.
I'll have to wait until the temp + heat index drops to below 95 before I try and compete a full day again.
