The summer period is probably the most controversial time in which to train.
While the fine days seemingly encourage us to go outside to enjoy the fresh air without the hindrance of layers of clothing, once we leave we soon find ourselves having to deal with increased exertion caused by the higher temperatures.
So here are our tips for continuing to train in the summer without hating running.
Certainly the first and apparently most banal is to avoid the middle hours of the day. The advice is therefore to go out very early in the morning or in the evening when the temperature starts to drop.
Another seemingly trivial piece of advice is to hydrate more than at other times of the year, as we lose a lot of fluids and minerals through sweating and it is good to replenish them by drinking and perhaps taking mineral salt supplements.
Finally, try to modify our training, making it shorter and more intense.
Shorten your distances by increasing your speed to expose yourself for less time to the heat.
The advice is to favour speed work such as variations and repeats over long ones.
In this way, we will take advantage of the breaks between one repeat and another, or between one variation and another, to rehydrate and recover a little energy, and these workouts will prove very useful when we return to training for our preferred distance because our legs will be faster and more responsive, helping us even on bumpy or uphill courses.
