No riding for a week

[Biciclista]

mp, last night was very unusual. nights usually get down to 60 or less. Last night was the first time all year that it did NOT go down to 60, it was 70 degrees outside when i got up at 6am.
That's why this is a heat wave, it is not cooling down enough at night!

[meggiestardust]

I've grown up where its always been 100+ in the summer. never used to bug me. I think what does it in for me right now is being at work where it hits a high of 55 and driving home and getting out of the car and being hit with 105+. Its like, 1 car ride and the temp doubled. Nights have been awesome though, perfect riding conditions.

[Jen72]

I grew up in TX/OK/AR area and stayed inside as much as possible during the summer because it was unbearable to me. I never understood why people would be out riding and running during the heat of the day no less. Ever since I was a kid it would make me sick to my stomach and give me migraines. I moved up here to escape all that and love it here. I'm becoming an outdoors girl here due to the beauty and the mild weather and I LOVE it. The blessing is that this kind of heat doesn't last all the long here, only a few weeks it seems. During this period I'm just forcing myself to get up at 5:30 to do my ride. It will get back to normal soon. I really am missing the clouds and rain right now. The Northwest is still the best place to live.

[salsabike]

During this period I'm just forcing myself to get up at 5:30 to do my ride.

Me too. Nice to know I have some company out there.

[Aggie_Ama]

My Mammaw (91 years young) just got her first house with AC in Texas! I asked her how she was liking it, she replied "I am not used to it, so I go outside". Her house felt hot to me, she only runs the AC at 84.

Last night it was 105 when I was mountain biking, I thought of you girls because I was MISERABLE. And for the record I have been mountain biking for two months in this heat wave but I don't think you ever truly acclimate unless you consider making yourself suffer through acclimated.

One advice on NUUN, it has sorbitol and really upsets my tummy. Might not be advised if you haven't tried it before. Of course most cyclists here love it without issues.

[Flatlander]

My Mammaw (91 years young) just got her first house with AC in Texas! I asked her how she was liking it, she replied "I am not used to it, so I go outside". Her house felt hot to me, she only runs the AC at 84.

I love this story.

I kind of relate to it, too. Since I try to spend as much time as possible outside, by mid-summer I'm acclimated enough that the AC in most public places here feels much too cold. My DH and I keep the AC thermostat turned up to 80-82 and run the ceiling fans.

We're having a cold snap here this week. Temps in the low 90's.

[crazycanuck]

Umm..please be careful out there in the heat kids. Anything around 38C+ is gettin a weeeee bit too hot to ride in. Take it easy & you don't have to ride you know. Aggie, we don't do dirt if it's freakin hot..too many hills & then the flies plus the deep pea gravel & no shade..etc

I can send you some coolish weather if you'd like. I can't wait for summer to return . Only a few more months & then you get to hear me complain about the weather. At least the sunshine's returned..aahhhh..

Btw..Why do you guys say acclimate? I thought it's " acclimatized" . I've seen it quite a few times & thought..hmmm???

[salsabike]

Btw..Why do you guys say acclimate? I thought it's " acclimatized" . I've seen it quite a few times & thought..hmmm???

It's like "use" and "utilize". Either is correct.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/acclimate. ac⋅cli⋅mate
  /ˈækləˌmeɪt, əˈklaɪmɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ak-luh-meyt, uh-klahy-mit] Show IPA
Use acclimate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -mat⋅ed, -mat⋅ing.
to accustom or become accustomed to a new climate or environment; adapt.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/acclimatize. c⋅cli⋅ma⋅tize
  /əˈklaɪməˌtaɪz/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [uh-klahy-muh-tahyz] Show IPA
Use acclimatize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
to acclimate.

[chutch]

I've grown up where its always been 100+ in the summer. never used to bug me. I think what does it in for me right now is being at work where it hits a high of 55 and driving home and getting out of the car and being hit with 105+. Its like, 1 car ride and the temp doubled. Nights have been awesome though, perfect riding conditions.

That's a good point, meggiestardust. I sit in a super-cold office all day while outside it's incredibly hot and humid, trying to ride after work is torture. I'm sure there's something to the fact that I'm cold all day (literally have a jacket and a space heater even in summer) then trying to exercise in heat.

Off topic- I've never, ever understood why it has to be so cold in buildings in the summers.

[Biciclista]

Policy of my company is heat to 65 in the winter and cool to 75 in the summer. Now that doesn't actually happen; but if you're unhappy you can complain and get them to turn off some of the iced air.

[Biciclista]

it's supposed to be 100 degrees today... and I rode my bike to work today !!!

[OakLeaf]

slightly drifty, but on point:

Yesterday an office building was evacuated because someone found a speaker's timer in a conference room and decided it was a bomb.

In the three hours before they let the people back in, several of them had to be taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion. The high temperature yesterday was 84°F, and these were people just standing around not exerting themselves at all.

[Biciclista]

slightly drifty, but on point:

Yesterday an office building was evacuated because someone found a speaker's timer in a conference room and decided it was a bomb.

In the three hours before they let the people back in, several of them had to be taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion. The high temperature yesterday was 84°F, and these were people just standing around not exerting themselves at all.

where was this????

ps didn't they have the sense to get out of the sun?!

[shootingstar]

slightly drifty, but on point:

Yesterday an office building was evacuated because someone found a speaker's timer in a conference room and decided it was a bomb.

In the three hours before they let the people back in, several of them had to be taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion. The high temperature yesterday was 84°F, and these were people just standing around not exerting themselves at all.

Uh, when I was working in one of the downtown Toronto skyscrapers in the financial district, the building management went ahead with their semi-annual fire drill.

The temperatures were already over 80 degrees F outside. A highrise occupant evacuation, means you have to walk down the staircases. Use of elevator is forbidden (and usually shut off from operating in more modern buildings at time of fire alarm). Even with moderate (not full air-conditioning) in the stairwell..after walking down from the 29th fl. to ground level, we were sweaty. I was fit and hence, did not experience dizziness from going around and around on staircases but with heat, this is bound to make someone less fit, just dizzier.

And yes, I heard of another highrise office building evacuation fire drill, in warm temperatures, where a woman was in her final trimester of her pregnancy.

I know that some TE members cycle above 100 degrees F and can function ok. If you wish to continue to express that sort of continuous bravado, go ahead.

But I would not be recommending it beyond a couple kms. during high daily heat time periods (standard seems to be around 10:00 am to aprox. 4:00 or 6:00 pm), to any newbie or anyone unaccustomed to that heat on a regular basis.

I want people to enjoy cycling long-term in their lives in whichever climate they are living...and hence, would not recommend practices that would make them dislike cycling more and more.

by the way, we live on the 33rd floor. No, I do not a fire drill evacuation this wk. I'm already sweating right now sitting at home, with all windows flung open and cross breezes. We have no A/C.

I guess this is another reason, to remain physically fit and mobile...for emergency situations when one must escape without overly endangering self.