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Originally Posted by Red Flag 1
Was anyone with you to perhaps "take a look" at you? Were you "beet red"?
Were you sweating?
Did you have access to fluids? Did you hydrate during your ruck?
Were you rucking in direct sunlight?
As an RN, what have you found in your own research into this?
I guess the short answer to your questiion is yes.
RF 1
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Red Flag 1,
No, I was by myself. I did not even think of asking people "how do I look"
I was sweating profusely, at first. My mouth was not dry though. Vision was also still clear. Not dizzy or nauseous. Tired, yes.
Yes, there's a water fountain by the track. No, I did not hydrate during ruck
Yes, it was sunny
I found how to examine flushed skin in people on the heat-related illness continuum. I did not find how the person should feel the flushing, though.
Thank you for the questions/checklists!
Anyway, did another go today. 78°F, 64%, cloudy, BDU, 45lbs + water, no protein shakes, only breakfast of chocolate cake and lunch of ramen and boiled chicken breast, maxed out PU and SU before going. I did have a water mixed with juice in the backpack....but stupid as stupid does and I could not access it while rucking and since I did not want to waste time, I did not drink the entire time. No flushing symptoms this time, only several adrenaline rush as I was using audio "drugs" ie. Rammstein, Hans Zimmer, and Two Steps from Hell. Yes, they won't be available during the actual test unless I can sing 'em in my head or something.
57:12, 4 miles. Long stride and trot every 200 yards or so. I still felt great so I kept going, and hauled ass for the last 100 yards. 84:57, 6 miles. Still good to go and only minor hot spot on one left toe. No other pain, fatigue, nothing. 1 mile from the car to the gravel track. At this point 14:19 is my sustainable pace. Still got a lot of work to do.