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June 09, 2008
36 (100) in the Shade
My impressions of summer in New York are hot, humid and hazy. I mean, growing up in Toronto, for about a week or two we would experience h3 (hot, humid and hazy). Today was blazing h3. "They" were expecting a record-breaking day, and we may have got there, although I actually think yesterday felt hotter.
New York, with its incredible density, means that the sun bakes the concrete, and the breeze off the ocean gets completely evicted by the skyscrapers. Baking concrete (which absorbs heat like crazy). No breeze. Oh, and in our dog friendly neck-of-the-nabe, pee smell. Not just from the dogs, I add.
I ran 6 miles on the Hudson River Trail at 10:30 this morning, and returned dripping wet with sweat. I stood outside our building, took my shirt off, squeezed out about a quart of sweat, then tried to squeeze the sweat from my shorts. People were staring. Really, New Yorkers really don't understand squeezing sweat out of gym wear because (a) few exercise outdoors, (b) few exercise, (c) few sweat as much as I do, and (d) I was not wearing DKNY. And pplllllease, one does not sweat in DKNY!
So did I go to Bikram yoga this afternoon? Of course I did. It was seriously hot. It felt great!
Yes, you must love the heat to live in this city. And you must love the heat to do Bikram yoga. It gives new meaning to the expression "turn up the heat".
Posted by dave at June 9, 2008 07:27 PM