Newbie weekly achievement thread

[Maye]

New rider here and a commuter. I cycled to work every day last week even in the rain. I got in 28 miles which is my record.

Welcome to TE!! I love this thread since we get to share our experiences and achievements which is very encouraging and great!!

BTW, I posted this in another thread but wanted to share it here also. Yesterday I did a long ride of 20 miles in one of the nicest trails I ever rode in my life. The trail is the West Orange Trail in Orlando FL. It's 22 mile long, so if you decide to do the whole thing, 44 miles will be your total I felt fine all the time, kept drinking water every 10 to 15 minutes and ate gel blocks every 30 minutes. It took me 110 minutes to complete the 20 miles. So went I got back to my car, I ate the last block and drank more water, put the bike on the back of the truck, turn the car on and waited to cool down a little bit then started the drive back home. Five minutes after I started driving, I felt a little weird, like a little bit confused, lost. I thought to myself, what's going on? Then my heart beat started to go really fast and I found myself gasping for air and that's when I got really scared. I thought to myself, calm down, don't freak out, drink more water and wait until the the block gets through your system. I thought about stopping the car. Five minutes later I was back to normal. I think I had a mini heat injury. I wonder what went wrong. I followed all the advice about hydration. I had with me 48 oz of water, plus another bottle in the car that used to splash my neck and face, 4 blocks and one Babybel cheese. I ate all of it. The temp outside was around 88 degrees. I'll have to start riding early in order to avoid high temps. What do you guys think?