Heat heat go away!

[WindingRoad]

Catrin there was a lady last night at the Nebo ride that got a bad case of heat stroke after/during the ride. So no, its not just you. She was one of the racers too. It was miserable though, I downed a bottle of water before leaving, dumped one entire bottle over my head, ate 4 cliff blocks then carried 2 full bottles on the bike. One of which had MORE electrolytes in it. I downed both of those during the ride too.

I hope you are feeling better today. Better take it easy over the next couple of days.

[Catrin]

Catrin there was a lady last night at the Nebo ride that got a bad case of heat stroke after/during the ride. So no, its not just you. She was one of the racers too. It was miserable though, I downed a bottle of water before leaving, dumped one entire bottle over my head, ate 4 cliff blocks then carried 2 full bottles on the bike. One of which had MORE electrolytes in it. I downed both of those during the ride too.

I hope you are feeling better today. Better take it easy over the next couple of days.

Thank you, it is good to know though am sorry to hear about her. I suspect my normal pre-ride dinner might be a little heavy for high temps - but a chicken sandwich is perfect most of the time. I HAVE to fuel pre-ride, it keeps my blood sugar stable and if it isn't too light I don't feel a need to eat everything in reach afterwards...

I felt fine once I cooled off a bit, and feel fine today. No riding today, there isn't time and two days in a row in this heat would just be too much. I think I WILL go for a very early ride tomorrow, head out right after daylight...

Looks like Monday will be sweet though, for any kind of riding, BCSP here I come

[OakLeaf]

The trouble is it hasn't been consistently hot. Whatever heat acclimation we got back in June and early July, we mostly lost during the cool August. So us mideasterners are kind of back to square one with heat acclimation.

A friend of mine wound up puking his guts out in the ambulance at a trail marathon in WV last weekend where it wasn't even that hot, just very humid.

Be careful.


... and thanks for the kick in the @ss to get out there and get my run done before it gets any hotter.

[jessmarimba]

Ugh, I feel ya. I feel like summer has been so short, but I'm ready for fall.

Our heat is hardly comparable to, say, Texas, but we've set something like 5 record highs in the last 8 days. If the upstairs of my house didn't get hotter than outside, I don't think I'd mind so much.

I was getting worried yesterday because I'd done a pretty grueling run. Drank water the whole time, went to a restaurant afterwards and had maybe 5 more glasses of water. I was getting ready for bed and I still didn't really have to pee.

Thankfully I woke up early this morning b/c I thought my bladder was going to explode

[MichelleOH]

Catrin, you're not that far from me, and today is supposed to be our 31st day of temps over 90 degrees this summer. Ugh...that's an entire month. I can't wait for Monday! Sounds like it will be fantastic and I will give my new ride a better workout!

Stay cool.

[Hi Ho Silver]

[razzing mode on] Aw, y'all are wimps! We've had 76 days this summer with 3-digit temperatures. [razzing mode off]

One thing I've found is that to adequately hydrate, I need to start drinking water the night before, and the same goes for carb loading. I don't eat or drink anything the hour before I ride because it upsets my stomach and gut. (I think the queasiness is due to my body being so dedicated to cooling itself when I ride that the contents of my stomach don't get digested properly, if at all.)


Jean

[tytbody]

Your not weak. it's flaming hot girl. It's only 67 here. I guess that's perfect weather. But 'm not looking forward to cooler temps. I'm sitting on the back porch realizing it is at our doorsteps and 8 weeks will fly by because I'm getting a new bike.

Temps in the triple digits. I don't think you're suppose to be riding....

[jlnc]

Catrin it sounds like you were diligent about drinking on the ride. We had some really hot/humid days here in NC this summer, and i found that i had have one bottle of ICE COLD water with me, so I could squirt a little bit on the back of my neck throughout the ride, to help cool my body down just a bit. I usually carry 2 bottles (1 water, 1 diluted sports drink) on my rides, and drink most of them, so the only hard thing is making sure I don't use all of the water on my neck.