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    Tread Lightly Running Podcast

    Tread Lightly Running Podcast

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    The Tread Lightly Running Podcast provides data-driven, evidence-based running advice in a practical, accessible, and inclusive manner. . You'll learn about how to run faster, marathon training, the latest fueling science, how to prevent running injury, and more. Tread Lightly Running Podcast is co-hosted by Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris, MSc. Together, they have over 20 years of coaching experience and have helped thousands of runners reach their goals through 1:1 coaching and group training. They've appeared in Runner's World, SELF, NPR, Outside, and other major media.

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    Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris

    Heat Acclimation Strategies and Science-Backed Cooling Techniques for Summer Running

    Heat Acclimation Strategies and Science-Backed Cooling Techniques for Summer Running

    May 30, 2026
    37m

    In our last episode, we discussed the physiology of running in the heat, including why you run slower. However, you are not doomed to suffer through slow slogs all summer long. In part two of our summer running series, we discuss heat acclimation strategies and cooling techniques to make summer running a little less miserable.

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    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    ✅ How long it takes to acclimate to running in the heat

    ✅ If year-round heat acclimation is beneficial

    ✅ Pre- and mid-run cooling techniques for running in the heat

    ✅ If hyperhydration strategies work?

    ✅ How much sodium you need for summer runs

    ✅ Signs and symptoms of heat illness

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    Tread Lightly Running is hosted and researched by Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris, MSc. Production, show notes, and graphics by Laura Norris.

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