Some like it hot: Turning up the summer heat to train for the Paris Olympics

Sport Ireland Institute has opened a new environmental training chamber which can simulate exact conditions for the Games in July – we gave it a trySweat box: Ian O’Riordan in the new climate chamber at Sport Ireland Institute in Abbottstown, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

For my test run it’s naturally set for Paris and the average daily conditions come July, which means it’s currently reading 32.5 degrees, 54 per cent humidity, at the city altitude of 161m. It can go as high as 5,000m , up to 90 per cent humidity, and any temperature between -20 and +50 degrees – but that’s for someone else on another day.

That wouldn’t even be a warm-up for Eliud Kipchoge before he runs the Olympic marathon in Paris, seeking a record third successive title; and this, remember, is just an average daily temperature for July. The temperatures could go higher, and naturally that goes for spectators too. It’s been in use for several weeks already for athletes preparing for Paris. Last month, Paul O’Donovan paid a visit before the European Rowing Championships, setting up his ergometer rowing machine in the chamber, and lasting one hour and 30 minutes. Non-stop.

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