"feelin' hot hot hot"!

**Brandi** · 07-30-2006, 11:45 AM

I just got back from Delaware on a job and I have to say..... For all of you who live in the hot and humid... I am sorry! I worked 10 days in the heat and humidity and it was awful! I almost tossed my lunch one day. It was like being under a blanket in a sauna! And some of you ride in this stuff! I will say this, after my face stopped breaking out, i had a really nice glow on my skin and didn't need lotion. I am off to Ohio next week (which i am sure will be about the same) and then dry Pueblo Colorado (yea!!!).

**esther231** · 07-30-2006, 11:53 AM

Thanks. We need all the sympathy we can get.

I can't believe this weather. I got my bike last Sunday and I have yet to ride it when it's under 92 degrees out. I'm trusting it'll be easier at 82 degrees.

But can't say for sure yet.

**withm** · 07-30-2006, 06:07 PM

Brandi - I am prob the only TE member in Delaware and you never said you were coming here? Boo hiss. Where were you? and why? And yes, it's been HOT! LOL!

There is a sand sculpture contest next weekend in Rehoboth Beach. Just read about it and I immediately thought of you.

**Bikingmomof3** · 07-30-2006, 06:37 PM

When I lived in Wyoming, we always said, "at least it is a dry heat", which at the time did not help me feel better. Now I live in HUMID and HOT Ohio and long for the years of dry heat. Tomorrow it is supposed to be 104!

**rheidis73** · 07-31-2006, 03:17 AM

YES! Humidity and heat suck to ride in! True about lotion, I always seem to have smooth skin...

**tulip** · 07-31-2006, 05:45 AM

<whispers> I think I'm starting to like riding in this heat and humidity...shhhh.

**Nanci** · 07-31-2006, 08:27 AM

I like it too, luckily!

**mimitabby** · 07-31-2006, 08:30 AM

okay, i escaped from New Jersey when i was 18 and have lived in Seattle longer than i have lived anywhere else. (so i know what hot and humid is like, and i couldn't bear it when i was 18...!)

Tell me; What is to LIKE about hot and humid? when your body can't cool down?
please explain, oh exotic tropical flowers?
I wilt in the hot sun!

**Nanci** · 07-31-2006, 08:42 AM

You just don't feel all dried out. The air feels good to breathe (except on hills when the humidity is in the 80's and 90's in the morning.) My skin feels good. Heat makes me relax. When I'm cold, like starting at 76F, I feel all hunched up and closed in, trying to stay warm! It doesn't _hurt_ to be hot like it hurts to be cold. Now I don't like broiling in the sun, at 90F or hotter, but in the shade- it's fine. One disadvantage to really hot temps (here in FLorida, 85-95- we really don't get hotter than that usually) is it's harder to find foods that appeal to me while riding, so I eat a lot of Jelly Belly Sport Beans and chips and Gatorade whereas if it's colder, I eat more milk and real food. I don't have to take off layers and layers as it warms up- I just start out in what I am wearing all day. I like being warm enough to enjoy riding from the minute I get on the bike, without having to warm up to get comfortable.

I've lived out west for a year with no humidity- I was miserable. It's too hot out there.

**mimitabby** · 07-31-2006, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by Nanci

You just don't feel all dried out. The air feels good to breathe (except on hills when the humidity is in the 80's and 90's in the morning.) My skin feels good. Heat makes me relax. When I'm cold, like starting at 76F, I feel all hunched up and closed in, trying to stay warm! It doesn't _hurt_ to be hot like it hurts to be cold. Now I don't like broiling in the sun, at 90F or hotter, but in the shade- it's fine. One disadvantage to really hot temps (here in FLorida, 85-95- we really don't get hotter than that usually) is it's harder to find foods that appeal to me while riding, so I eat a lot of Jelly Belly Sport Beans and chips and Gatorade whereas if it's colder, I eat more milk and real food. I don't have to take off layers and layers as it warms up- I just start out in what I am wearing all day. I like being warm enough to enjoy riding from the minute I get on the bike, without having to warm up to get comfortable.

I've lived out west for a year with no humidity- I was miserable. It's too hot out there.

ah, okay, you have limits.. You wouldn't like it here because it is usually below 76 degrees.

(or below 60 degrees for that matter!)
Here in Seattle we layer for EVERY activity!

**Nanci** · 07-31-2006, 08:50 AM

In our house last night, we had the thermostat set for 74 or something, (but the AC has to work really hard after sundown to get it down there, usually sometime around midnight) and it was 76 when we were watching TV, and I was wearing a LS shirt and slippers and _still had to get under a blanket. Brrr!!

I pretty much don't use the AC in my truck all summer, unless I have to talk on the phone with the windows up.

Nanci

**li10up** · 07-31-2006, 08:56 AM

I was going through my log book this weekend and saw an entry for one of my rides early in the year. I was talking about the "perfect" weather we had...my note said it was in the low 50's. Big difference from the 95+ weather we've been having of late.

**Geonz** · 07-31-2006, 12:41 PM

Gosh, when it gets warm, my body acts like a cello left to get warped and out of tune. Things cool down and everythign tunes up, aligns correctly, and wants to get moving in breathless harmony with the breezes and rhythms of the spirit of the universe.
Warm... it's like everything spreads out and separates. I try to do something and all the parts are colliding and I just want to lay down, except that's miserable, too. (Sometimes doing something helps - if the sweat can keep up.)
Our heat index is stuck at 110 - temp went up but the humidity dropped a little. I'm glad to be inside. (With a long-sleeved shirt on. When it's hot I can't adjust to the a.c. either.)

**Selkie** · 07-31-2006, 01:11 PM

I don't mind it, either. We get it bad here in DC (right, Tulip?). Today when I was riding, the sweat was literally pouring off me on the downhills. Better than having to wear wool socks with those chemical foot warmers, in addition to putting the chemical hand warmers in my gloves AND still being cold!!

**GLC1968** · 07-31-2006, 01:37 PM

I grew up in the north and I always hated being hot. My friends were stunned when I moved to FL and then stayed there for 7 years!

I'm the girl that always preferred winter (the theory is that it's because it was 27 degrees below zero the day I was born ... not counting windchill!). I loathe the heat and humidity. I moved from FL to NC and while we have nice fall and winter here...the summers can be truly dreadful. I will say that I am actually learning how to adapt my body. It takes a lot of effort and careful planning, but yesterday, I had a breakthrough.

All spring and into the early part of the summer, I would time my rides for mid-day to begin adapting to the heat. As the summer got into full swing, I moved them slowly earlier and earlier (the weekend rides). I'm riding my first century on Aug 12th, so I knew I had to learn to get used to the heat! Yesterday we rode our longest ride so far (78 miles) and while the first 50 were down right FUN, the last 25 were pretty miserable. By the time we'd gone 50 miles, it was about 12 noon and getting HOTTER. I made it through to the end, and felt pretty damn good about myself. The most amazing part (to me, anyway) is that I was able to keep my body cool enough to keep my 'leg hives' at bay. I get hives on my thighs from the heat and yesterday, none!!

I would LOVE to live somewhere with drier weather, but I have learned that I can adapt my body to my riding conditions if I work hard enough at it!

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