Tired of the 100 degree + days!

[HappyTexasMom]

Last night we had a *low* of 95. I wanted to cry. I got in the car this afternoon and the thermometer said 123. I know that was artificially high from sitting in the sun, but still. I think it said 115 once we had the car up to speed.

My son and I (I almost typed "sun" LOL) went for a 9 mile round-trip ride to the store this morning. It was hot but we hydrated well and the built in a/c break was nice. He wasn't too thrilled when the valve on his camelpak started leaking on the way home (he bit through it ). I can't wait for cooler weather.

[Tuckervill]

It's going to be in the lower 50s tonight in my area. woohoo!

Too bad there's an air conditioner in the window of the bedroom and I can't open the window.

Karen

[Red Rock]

I feel for you HappyTexasMom. I am up here in Southern Utah. We are not at 123 but I think we have reached 111 which is hot around here. It is hard to sleep in when you want to ride. I deal with this every summer, which is more important sleeping or riding. Then it is the reverse in the winter, saying in the house until it is not so cold out before going for a ride. Maybe I need to live where there is not such a temperature range of extremes.

I hope you were able to get a replacement Camelbak valve.

Red Rock

[sundial]

Last night we had a *low* of 95. I wanted to cry. I got in the car this afternoon and the thermometer said 123.

I was in Dallas during a big heat wave and the downtown temps registered 125!

[txred9876]

It seemed so much cooler this weekend during my morning rides but apparenlyt we are back at 13 days over 100 again (and we only had one day break between the days at that).

I just wish I didnt have to work...LOL then I could ride any morning I wanted to!
I got in 40ish miles this weekend and a quarry open water swim practice. Now I have to recover and come back to work to rest!

Do any of you find you cram in tons of workouts on the weekends because of the heat?
Tina

[Puckerbrush]

I am really new to cycling, but I've been trying to get into better shape lately. We're in central OK and mercy it has been wicked hot here. I've been taking my walks early in the morning. It has irritated me to no end when I get up at 0630 for my walk and it's already in the mid 80's

All this heat makes me miss living in Maine so very much .....

Fish Lady, you aren't missing any good weather in Maine this year! May was okay, but June and July have been unusually cold and rainy...DH and I both did the TAM and it was the wettest 180 miles I ever rode! Sunday the 19th was the nicest day yet this summer and it didn't even make 80 degrees. We are longing for just a tiny taste of the Southern heat!

[BeeLady]

I'm in South Texas and we've had a string of about thirty 100 degree-plus days. I was ill in March, and the wind was so strong through April that I basically quit riding. I ride mainly for errands and since moving out to the country, the closest grocer is 15 miles or more.

My solution? An electric assist for my Big Dummy! I sold my car, bought an eZee Electric Hub Motor Kit w/ Lithium Battery and hit the road. Did my 20-mile shopping trip today, came back with my bags loaded and survived. I still got a heck of a work out, and 98 degrees (in the shade) when I returned is still sapping whether there's help on the hills and in the wind or not.

I have goats to milk in the mornings now, but right after that's done, I can hit the road. I plan on at least two trips into town each week and riding my Bianchi Volpe for fun when the weather cools down.

[Kano]

It's here too, the dry, desert heat. I have learned that if I can't ride in the morning, late evening, 8:00 or so, is a nice time to ride. Riding in the morning is a challenge for me -- I hate morning! -- but I'm working on it.

Time to change -- I need a ride! (missed two days in a row, and I don't do that happily anymore!)

Karen in Boise