Michael Easter

And so my temperatures were still like 125, 128.

Yeah, just a mild 125, much better.

Yeah, yeah.

I mean, I was so, I was like, oh, a little chilly.

These guys have to deal with such like five degrees more, but it does make a difference in your heart rate.

Every little degree, every little thing, it's going to go a long way in your heart rate and can make or break your race.

So what does that actually feel like, having to run consistently in 120 degrees minimum for 20 hours?

It is, it's very wet.

You just have to stay wet.

So it feels like you're just constantly wet and you can't get in a full breath of air because it's just heating your lungs up.

And so you just kind of breathe shallow.

You do get used to it a little bit more.

Do a lot of heat training, obviously.

I'm not just going out there for my first run being like,

okay, we're going to wing this thing.

I spend a lot of time in sauna where it's a lot hotter than 130 degrees, and so 130 degrees feels better.

Does it feel wet because you're sweating so much, or is it so hot the sweat's evaporating and you're pouring?

Why is that?

I'm dumping water on me constantly from the time I start to... Well, actually, climbing up Whitney Portal, by that point, I'm actually in cooler temperatures.

And so the last 13 miles is the only time you're not dumping water consistently on you.