Avoiding heat stroke on summertime runs
Photo credit: iStock | Doug Casa offers some tips for avoiding heat stroke while exercising during the summer months. (July 10, 2013)
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When Doug Casa, then a 16-year-old distance runner at Newfield High School in Selden, collapsed and nearly died from heat stroke during a race in August 1986, he made a vow. "I decided I was going to use this experience to try and save as many lives as possible from what had almost killed me," says Casa, who grew up in Selden.
He made good on his promise. Today, Casa is an exercise...
