Sep 11, 2026 · 55 min · 13 segments
Lisa talks about *surthriving* the heat at the Habanero Hundred. The crew shares tips and tricks for making it through hot-weather races, along with the dangers of racing in extreme heat unprepared.
So my race parallels yours.
It happened a week or two earlier.
It was 105 degrees, and we had the option to start Saturday night at 8 p.m., and they had a pasta dinner that started at 6.
There was a guest speaker, and that was me.
So I actually was trying to hydrate, and what I do is I do Pedialyte the three days leading up to the race.
I'm drinking water.
And it was hard for me to rest because I'm not a public speaker.
I speak into this microphone, but I edit all my ums out.
So I can't edit a live speak.
So I had this speaking gig and I went up and it was funny as I went up, it was only like 50, like 75 people.
It wasn't a lot and they were probably just there for the pasta.
But I told them about the lessons learned from all my DNFs.
And I told them about hydration and running in the heat and salty and sweet.
And I gave them all the tips.
And I told them my story about when I got rhabdo.
And then the next day I was like, wow, there's a lot of people out here that weren't at the pasta dinner yesterday because it was carnage all around me.
So that was kind of wild, and I knew that you were going to have something similar coming up for your race.
So backing up for both of us, when you're prepping for a race and you know you have an aid station, you know it's a loop, what are some things that you want to have at that aid station and make sure that it's available before the race even starts?
When I know it's a hot race... it's not that I feel like sick or nauseous and don't want to eat.
I think just the act of chewing takes up too much energy.
So things that I don't really have to chew, like, um, like, like fruit snacks or something, but although those kind of melt, like they used to have gummy bears, I would end up becoming a blob of just take a knock off of it.
Um, and fruit, like most aid stations, they oranges and bananas are the easiest.
I can't do bananas.
So my race parallels yours.
It happened a week or two earlier.
It was 105 degrees, and we had the option to start Saturday night at 8 p.m., and they had a pasta dinner that started at 6.
There was a guest speaker, and that was me.
So I actually was trying to hydrate, and what I do is I do Pedialyte the three days leading up to the race.
I'm drinking water.
And it was hard for me to rest because I'm not a public speaker.
I speak into this microphone, but I edit all my ums out.
So I can't edit a live speak.
So I had this speaking gig and I went up and it was funny as I went up, it was only like 50, like 75 people.
It wasn't a lot and they were probably just there for the pasta.
But I told them about the lessons learned from all my DNFs.
And I told them about hydration and running in the heat and salty and sweet.
And I gave them all the tips.
And I told them my story about when I got rhabdo.
And then the next day I was like, wow, there's a lot of people out here that weren't at the pasta dinner yesterday because it was carnage all around me.
So that was kind of wild, and I knew that you were going to have something similar coming up for your race.
So backing up for both of us, when you're prepping for a race and you know you have an aid station, you know it's a loop, what are some things that you want to have at that aid station and make sure that it's available before the race even starts?
When I know it's a hot race... it's not that I feel like sick or nauseous and don't want to eat.
I think just the act of chewing takes up too much energy.
So things that I don't really have to chew, like, um, like, like fruit snacks or something, but although those kind of melt, like they used to have gummy bears, I would end up becoming a blob of just take a knock off of it.
Um, and fruit, like most aid stations, they oranges and bananas are the easiest.
I can't do bananas.
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