No riding for a week

[GLC1968]

Driving home last night - it got down to 97 F when I went over the ridge near our home and it felt 'cool'.

It was 107 when I left work (not just in the parking lot, but until I got out of the 'city'). I don't care where you live or what you are used to, that's HOT (if you are a human ).

[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?!

[salsabike]

Someplace in the Southeast that is VERY humid, I'm guessing. Where are you, OakLeaf? Ugh.

Mimi, riding this morning must not have been too bad. This afternoon, going back up your hill....Oh, well, at least it's a relatively short trip.

[Biciclista]

exactly, Salsa. That's what i was thinking 4 miles...I can handle 4 miles of heat!

[OakLeaf]

This was outside Columbus, Ohio. Humidity was around 50% during the warmest part of the day yesterday.

Temps like that, with higher humidity, would be normal in an ordinary year, but it's been very cool this year and no one's acclimated. Which was my point. A temperature and humidity that seems quite comfortable to some people (including me, and I don't live that far away from there), can threaten other people's health.

The area where the bank center is, is a prime example of urban sprawl, so I very much doubt there was a covered parking lot where they could get "out of the sun." I'm sure some of them probably sat in their cars with the engines and A/C running...

This is a guess, but it's pretty likely there wasn't water available, which couldn't have helped anything.

[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.

[Biciclista]

I know that some TE members cycle above 100 degrees F and can function ok.

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

how about 4 miles, SS? (I'm committed now, I know i OUGHT TO BE COMMITTED) if i don't post after 3pm today you can assume I expired from the heat. It's now officially 100 degrees (38c) in parts of Seattle and it's only 12 noon.

[GLC1968]

how about 4 miles, SS? (I'm committed now, I know i OUGHT TO BE COMMITTED) if i don't post after 3pm today you can assume I expired from the heat. It's now officially 100 degrees (38c) in parts of Seattle and it's only 12 noon.

Mimi! Of all the days you could have picked to ride, you chose the hottest day of the year? Silly woman! That said, take it slow and drink plenty before you even leave (and more during, of course). The nice thing about only 4 miles is that you'll probably do it fast enough to still have reasonably cold water to drink the whole way.

[MM_QFC!]

..." I know i OUGHT TO BE COMMITTED"

I'm glad that you said it, m'dear; I'm too polite to...


Actually, I know you to be a cautious, safety-minded rider, so I'm sure that you'll ride the 4 miles home in a way that hopefully won't get you into any hypothermal trouble...I'd be hydrating pretty continuously enroute too, eh?

Also, I thought of Raleighdon and Salsa's DH also re: RAMROD - ugh! Usually riders start out @ 4:30 AM anyway, so I hope that it helps a bit to get out there even earlier. The worrisome part is that the 9 mile climb up Cayuse doesn't happen until after the riders have completed a hilly century AND in the heat of the afternoon - ugh again! I was glad to hear via Raleighdone/you that RCC is planning more water stops as I felt that was an egregious omission when I met 2 riders at the finish a few years ago and that's almost the first thing they both mentioned - not enough water stops!

Best wishes to all RAMROD riders (and PDX triathletes!) for a safe, successful event!
Mary

[Biciclista]

i've been commuting 3-4 x a week, so it's not the first time i've decided to ride my bike home.
I think i'll be all right..

[GLC1968]

i've been commuting 3-4 x a week, so it's not the first time i've decided to ride my bike home.
I think i'll be all right..

Oh, I'm not saying it is...but it's certainly the one day that if you did decide to take alternate forms of transportation, you wouldn't be faulted for it!

Even many of the die-hard bike commuters here have opted to "MAX" it today.

Personally, I'm saving my riding for the end of the week when it's supposed to be back into the low 90's.