Exactly How Much Heat Can Slow Down Your Pace—Plus How to Deal

Here’s how to handle running when the heat makes it extra hard. [View in Browser]( [Runner's World Logo]( [SHOP]( [RW+ EXCLUSIVES]( [SUBSCRIBE]( 📺 What to Watch at the Olympics on Tuesday 🇫🇷 There is still a good chunk of the Olympic track and field program remaining, but contributing writer Scott Douglas thinks we already have enough evidence that this Games’ new thing, the repechage rounds, shouldn’t be repeated. In French, repechage means “fishing out” or “rescuing.” Runners who don’t immediately advance from the first round to the semifinals have a chance to “rescue” their Olympic dreams via the repechage rounds. For example, 50 women ran in the first heat of the 800 meters. The first three finishers in each of six heats automatically qualified for the semifinals. Everyone else, including American Allie Wilson, raced again the following day in the repechage rounds to pick the final six semifinal entrants. What’s wrong with repechage in Olympic track so far? First, Douglas asks the big-picture question that should be asked about any attempt at innovation: What problem is this trying to solve? ([Keep reading for more](.) Race Schedule (Eastern Time) - 1:35 p.m.—Men’s 400 meters semifinals - 2:07 p.m.—Women’s 400 meters hurdles semifinals - 2:50 p.m.—Men’s 1500 meters final 🥇 - 3:14 p.m.—Women’s 3,000 meters steeplechase final 🥇 - 3:40 p.m.—Women’s 200 meters final 🥇 The men’s 1500 meters is so special that we have two preview articles about it for you, one focusing on [the Jakob Ingebrigtsen-Josh Kerr rivalry](, the other about [the three Americans in the final](. So we’ll be brief here: Reigning Olympic champ Ingebrigtsen of Norway was beaten at last year’s world champions by Kerr of Great Britain. The two don’t particularly care for each other. Ingebrigtsen has lost the previous two world titles in a sprint. Will he try to simply run away from everyone, which would require breaking his own Olympic record of 3:28.32? Or does he have a new late-race gear? Editor’s note: In yesterday’s newsletter, we incorrectly stated that American Grant Fisher won the silver medal in Friday’s 10,000 meters. He won bronze, becoming the first American to medal in this event since Galen Rupp won silver at the London Olympics in 2012. [Read More](   🇺🇸 Athlete Spotlight: Gabby Thomas While her speed made the former Harvard University runner a track phenom, her work off the track is even more notable. After graduating in 2019 with a degree in neurobiology and global health and public policy, Thomas attended the University of Texas, where she earned her master’s degree in public health and epidemiology. With a passion for [tackling health disparities](, Thomas started working at a local health clinic in Austin, Texas, where she lives and trains now. [Read More](   📗 The Stat: 23.7 mph That’s the top speed (while running with a pole!) of Mondo Duplantis, who set a new pole vault record of 6.25 meters Monday evening. 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