Day 546 – US – Wisconsin [Spring Green to Sauk City]

02/10/21

34km

  From Spring Green (Wisconsin) to Sauk City (Wisconsin)

North America

A very humid run, in tropical conditions, by the Wisconsin River

Misty humid morning in Wisconsin

It had rained heavily overnight and I had hoped it would help bring the temperatures down and make the running a bit easier. Well… as I opened the door in the morning, I was greeted by a wave of humid morning mist. I recognised it instantly, having lived for 7 years in a tropical equatorial climate… which I was not expected to see here in Wisconsin again! But there you go, I checked and it was over 95% humidity as I started the run.

Through the forsests, by the Wisconsin River

The running was not hard. It was flat and quiet, on country roads with next to no traffic, beautiful, among the forest and the swamps, with glimpses of the Wisconsin river here and there. But the sweating… was as I had it in Singapore! The problem in a tropical climate is that you sweat a lot more than you are able to drink / replenish. And eventually, it takes a toll, because you will fatally hit a dehydration balance along the way.

Having only 34km to run today, I was definitely able to avoid the worst. I drank loads and it was fine till I reached Sauk City. Again, I am in a place where the only accommodation options are on the outskirt of small towns. Which means, again, going for food is about a 2km or 3km affair (4km to 6km round trip!). It does add up, at the end of a running morning. Thankfully tomorrow I am in a big city, Madison, the capitole of the state of Wisconsin, and I should not encounter such issues!

Enjoy the video of today’s run: https://www.relive.cc/view/vYvr4m5nYL6

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Here is the map of today’s run: