On Tues. hubby and I had planned a 70+ miler in preparation for our first century ride next weekend. It was the only day that worked for us both, partly because DS was on a camping trip with his class overnight, so DH was still able to get a half-day of work in.

So we start our ride and it's in the 90s. We headed inland a bit and it was easily pushing 95...and humid. In farmland with no shade. By 12 miles in I had already chugged a 24oz bottle, but was feeling chills and weak...not good. We slowly made our way back towards the lakeshore and decided to bag the ride, completing half of our planned distance (originally the plan was to ride 45+ just the two of us, then join our LBS for their 28 mile Tues. night ride).

Even before we decided to cut short we'd decided to cut back to 60 or so. But by 25 miles in we both agreed that it was foolish to even do that.

I am still feeling a bit off after that. We had no chance to acclimate. We had an endless Winter with only a few weeks of "Spring" weather. 5 weeks ago we had snow, so that sudden jump from 50s and 60s to 90s was more than my body could tolerate. Last year we did a 75 miler in early July under similar conditions and I was OK, but I'd had a month of acclimatization to warmer temps by that point. I'm also recovering from a cold and battling allergy and asthma issues, so the air quality definitely played a role.