Overheating. Please help!

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I run on a treadmill at a pretty slow pace: 5.7 - 6.0 mph for about
30min. Lately I have been having trouble at minute 15. I get really hot and very sweaty. Heart Rate
about 170- 174. During the 30min I drink about 1 liter of water.

What am I doing wrong? How can I stay cooler? Is my heart rate too high. I am 27, 170 lbs.

In article <640e57c0.0302101050.73acaf27@posting.google.com>, Jason Munk wrote:
> I run on a treadmill at a pretty slow pace: 5.7 - 6.0 mph for about
> 30min. Lately I have been having trouble at minute 15. I get really hot and very sweaty. Heart
> Rate about 170- 174. During the 30min I drink about 1 liter of water.
>
> What am I doing wrong? How can I stay cooler? Is my heart rate too high. I am 27, 170 lbs.

If it bothers you that much, either get a fan (if possible) or just slow down.

It's normal to get fairly hot on the treadmill -- usually, you're effectively running into a 5mph
headwind, which helps keep you dry.

--
Donovan Rebbechi http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

>I run on a treadmill at a pretty slow pace: 5.7 - 6.0 mph for about
>30min. Lately I have been having trouble at minute 15. I get really hot and very sweaty.

Noooooooooo, you don't say??? Wow, this is a phenomenon allright, better see a specialist, I'd start
with a shrink you numbnutz. T-R-O-L-L

Bill R.