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Man dies during Warrior Dash, Kansas City MO

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Morris’ parents said their son was taken to a hospital after collapsing on the course on Saturday, where doctors said his core temperature had increased to 111 degrees. Morris’ parents said their son died because his blood thinned and damage was caused to his organs.

"He ran so hard and so determinately that he took it to the ultimate end," said Morris’ mother Jane St. Pierre. "He ran straight on into glory. But that’s not what he wanted. He had a whole full life. And now we’re having his memorial service on his 29th birthday."
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Remember guys, its hot out. Take appropriate action. 🙁

Organizers had to cancel the last leg of the race on Sunday due to the extreme heat. Emergency crews rushed six racers to hospitals on Saturday and seven racers to hospitals on Sunday.
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Ouch. Weather.com has the weather ~95F.
 
Yeah, I think there's a suggested heat + humidity index that's used as a guide to avoid unsafe exercise conditions. IIRC, the heat (in F) + % humidity should be at or less than 120. It sounds a bit low, but both the water vapor saturation and the heat compromise the ability of the body to cool itself.
 
Don't let my wife see this story. She worries enough about me running out in the woods and mountains as it is.

Condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
 
It was very hot and very, very humid here in KC last weekend. I couldn't imagine trying to do anything strenuous outdoors in that heat.

RIP
 
I'll go running out in the Texas heat without much of a problem unless it is humid out. I can handle 95 to 100 with little humidity, but once it gets humid I can only go a couple miles before feeling burnt out. Even then I stop and grab water at each fountain along the trail.
 
SociallyChallenged said:
Yeah, I think there's a suggested heat + humidity index that's used as a guide to avoid unsafe exercise conditions. IIRC, the heat (in F) + % humidity should be at or less than 120. It sounds a bit low, but both the water vapor saturation and the heat compromise the ability of the body to cool itself.
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It can't be a straight addition like that or else you'd never run in the rain.
 
HendrixFan said:
I'll go running out in the Texas heat without much of a problem unless it is humid out. I can handle 95 to 100 with little humidity, but once it gets humid I can only go a couple miles before feeling burnt out. Even then I stop and grab water at each fountain along the trail.
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SW dry heat is for pussies, come to the midwest for 95F/95% humidity! 🙁
 
SociallyChallenged said:
Yeah, I think there's a suggested heat + humidity index that's used as a guide to avoid unsafe exercise conditions. IIRC, the heat (in F) + % humidity should be at or less than 120. It sounds a bit low, but both the water vapor saturation and the heat compromise the ability of the body to cool itself.
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Air Force uses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_Bulb_Globe_Temperature but in tech school (in mississipi) they ignore it and just deal with it by calling an ambulance every PT session.
 
i play in a football league in the spring and fall, and last year we had some rained out games so had makeup games into the summer.

one game we played at 10am in the morning and it was already like 95 degrees, with a ton of humidity.

after the games we usually go to the bar. this time we went and just got pitchers of water. few hours later, one of my friends was standing next to me and he just fell down and his head nailed my shin. he started kinda shaking on the ground and i thought he was laughing or something, then we realized that it was something serious. it lasted a little bit and then he came to it.

turns out he had a heat stroke, and this was hours after the fact of us playing football in the heat.

so yea, when it is hot out there is no reason to push yourself. when your body is telling you to stop, stop. really sucks for this guys family.
 
Here's NOAA's national weather service heat index (scroll down a tad).

I don't know how accurate it's supposed to be, but according to their chart temperature is the dominant factor and once you get into the 90s a 15% increase in humidity makes strenuous exercise a much more red thing to do. At 80F going from 55-70% humidity is an effective change of only 3 degrees. At 90F that's an 8 deg change and at 96 it's a 14 degrees for the same change in humidity).

So (according to the NOAA) humidity compounds rapidly as external temperature approaches and exceeds body temp.
 
Ghiedo27 said:
HAHA! No joke, that was the most predictable thing about tech school (I was at Keesler from Sep 01 - Feb 02). Black flag (no PC) at 4:25 and red flag at 4:29 on any hot day. it was such a waste too, because no one was any fitter for it.
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Yep, they did the same crap when I was at Lackland in 2002 and Sheppard in 02/03. 😛
 
Feel really bad for the family. See, exercise doesn't always extend your life 🙂

Also, it kind of makes me chuckle a little, when they try to put a positive spin or something in context about his death like "he died doing what he loved"...I really don't think he loved frying his brain

"He ran so hard and so determinately that he took it to the ultimate end," ....... "He ran straight on into glory. - No he ran straight into heatstroke and death......poor guy.
 
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