Running Through Florida Summer: The Gear I've Settled On
By late April, I’m already rethinking what I carry. The shoe decision stays mostly consistent through the seasons — different for singletrack versus beach versus road, but those choices don’t change with temperature. What does change is everything else: how much water I’m hauling, what I’m putting on my skin, what fabric I’m wearing, and whether I need a headlamp at all. Florida summer starts earlier than people expect. By the time June arrives, you’re fully in it, but the real adjustment happens in April and May, when the dew point climbs past 65 and doesn’t come back down until October. I’ve been running these conditions for over a decade and made most of the gear mistakes that are possible to make. ...