first hot ride of the season

[sundial]

Today I did my first head throb ride~you know, the kind where you finish with a slight pounding headache. I did some hill work my face was beet red and the temp was 79 when I finished. So it seems that the sultry temps of summer will be here before long and the tan lines will be developing.

Anyone else have a head throb ride?

[alice]

I had a "jaw ache" sort of ride today, which is apparently my warm weather equivalent of your head-throb ride. I always forget how it's at least 10 degrees warmer/brighter than it appears to be from inside my well shaded apartment. Definitely should have worn sunglasses!

[grey]

I had one Sunday. High of 90* - soooo not ready for that yet! To make it worse... the guys I rode with decided they wanted a hill training day - LOTS of hills. Double whammy. I *never* get red in the face or sweat much - for me it's a warning sign - but I sure had both with the long steep climbs.

[Crankin]

Ach, we complained about the cold and rain and now I'll complain about the heat and humidity. It wasn't really hot when I went on my ride, at 74, but at 55% humidity and the rain soaked roads drying up, it was steamy. I realize this is not really hot, but after yesterday, which was 55 and raw/rainy the change is tough on me. I have really learned to deal with riding in the heat a lot more in the past 2 years, but I need a gradual change. I changed my route to shadier, which also meant hillier. I wish it was between 55 and 65 for all of my rides.

[Owlie]

Crankin, I'm with you on that--not heat-tolerant at all, and it went from 50s and 60s to 80s in the space of less than a week. It's currently in the 70s.

I suck at cooling myself off, so I'm going to have to make sure I get something salty after all my rides now. I am not looking forward to July. I'll take 55-73...I'd like a few more rides where my nose doesn't run!

[marni]

well we seem to be into the 90+/90 (90 + degrees and 90 %humidity) for the duration. Fortunately it has also been blowing like a son of a gun at 25-35 mph so I have been hitting the trainer in the garage, with the fan on full and garage door open. Guess it's about time to move the trainer and the fan inside below an ac vent. Definitely into the "if you plan to ride, get out at the crack of dawn, ride short and get off the road before 10 am season. I am not a morning person at all so this is generally not my favorite time of year.

marni