no kidding! just got back from riding 15 FLAT miles in that HEAT
phew! I wouldn't want to go any further than that and I sure wouldn't want to tackle much in the way of hills (Besides the unfortunate fact that i can't get home WITHOUT climbing a hill)
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07-26-2009, 05:36 PM #1
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07-26-2009, 05:58 PM #2
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I really, really, really hope it's cooler than they're forecasting. I don't even like to be outside in this heat, let alone riding in it. RAMROD is this Thursday...I finally got in this year, and after all the training I've put in over the last few months I'll be ticked off if I DNF due to heat exhaustion. </rant>
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07-26-2009, 06:15 PM #3
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We got up at 5:30 am today to do our 45-mile hilly tandem ride so we wouldn't die in the later heat. Got home well before noon and I have been totally sluglike ever since.
My spouse is also doing RAMROD and is under strict orders to DNF if he starts feeling bad. No ride is worth heat stroke, I think. Although I totally understand, Malaholic, why you want to go, because it's so damn hard to get a riding slot. Just be careful out there, okay?
I have a triathlon in the Portland area on Saturday. Am a little worried about that as well."My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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