How do you deal with the heat?

[OakLeaf]

I went for my run at 7:40 this morning. Outside of racing, that's the earliest I've run in 35 years. When I got home I leaned over to stretch my hamstrings, and sweat poured out of my bra, all over the carpet. Literally poured.

The particulates never dropped out of the "yellow" range all night.

[OakLeaf]

Nice visual, Oak!

Did I mention I sweat a lot?

[Cynedra]

I was just checking the national temperatures and most of the country is hotter than us. That just isn't right. So if you don't want as cool as Susan, but can take some heat, head to Florida. I watched mine temps versus a place I used to live in Ohio and well most of the time we were cooler even overnight.

[marni]

got up at o dark am this morning to ride.(6;15) knocked off a 32 mile ride, came home and noticed the salty sweat rings are back all over the garage floor whenever I stand still to check the bike.

The dogs both get their salty highs as I walked across the kitchen to the bedroom, and they weren't even licking my legs but instead the floor where I had walked. Incidentally this was upon my return at 8;00 AM.

I'm thinking it's about time to move the bike indoors under the ac vent in front of the fan except for the weekly group training ride.

sigh....

I'm thiking

[malkin]

Drive West?

If you head west, be sure to go all the way to the coast!
North might be a better choice!

[sarahkonamojo]

When it is this hot (100f), i go swimming. The sun is too intense here.
In the 80's low 90's I will ride early or late to survive.
This year with the Colorado fires, air quality can be a concern.
Give me some Oregon weather!
S

[Grits]

Record breaking high temps here in NC! Scheduled our ride for 7:30 this morning and only did 30 miles so we would be back before the temps got into the 90s. We just made it. If we want to go further, we have to leave earlier.

I also freeze one bottle of water the night before for squirting to cool my core (and drink if needed) and partially freeze my electrolyte bottle so it stays extra cold for the ride. BTW, I'm using camelbak elixir tablets, lemon lime or orange (if I want caffeine). I like the taste, and it is easy to clean my bottles. I make sure I get enough carbs from food on the ride.

[Red Rock]

Hi everyone,

Just thought I would give you my 2 cents worth. Like those in CO, UT, NM and NV, I am currently roasting over 100 degrees these days. It's hot in the AM when I want to go and do something. However, for speed and effeciency I have limited my exercise to the morning. I'm staying inside on the treadmill and doing a home workout with weights. I still freeze a water bottle to take with me to the treadmill and I am adding electrolytes to my daily water drinking routine because of the heat. I notice that I have cramps if I do not keep on top of it.

During the winter we did a spreadsheet on our indoor/outdoor exercises that I think helped a lot of us. Doing that helped get me back into some sort of shape, now I'm building on that from the winter. So far I have been on the treadmill every other day for an hour plus my at home weight routine. So I'm doing much better. I hope that when the weather starts to cool down again, i will be able to ride better and go do my trail "runs" or hikes outside.

Red Rock

[ny biker]

I think I'm probably about to contradict some of what I said earlier in this thread, but after a 10-day heat wave with one more day to go, I have absolutely no desire to go out and ride my bike, at any hour, regardless of the temperature. My experience in the past has been that it's more uncomfortable, and dangerous, after so many days of high temps, because the roads and ground have absorbed so much heat.

Last weekend, at the start of the heat wave, my routine was so thrown off by the storm and and loss of electricity, and there were so many trees down and traffic lights not working, that I decided to just not do any bike ride at all. On Wednesday, I went for a 15-mile/90 minute hilly ride in the morning, and it was okay, but I did find that I had to ride slower than usual. When I stopped for a minute in the shade, my heart was beating pretty fast and it stayed fast longer than normal after stopping, so I could tell my body was working hard to try to keep cool. (So I took my helmet off and took a nice long break, and poured some water onto my Coolwings.)

I will probably set the alarm very early tomorrow, and maybe I'll go for an hour ride here in my neighborhood. But then again I might just look at the thermometer and decide to stay indoors and work on cleaning out a closet instead. And hope that the giant thunderstorm that arrives with the approaching cold front doesn't knock out anyone's electricity...

[Bike Writer]

Hot Hot Hot just like every place else. 100 or more 3 times in the last week. Since I'd been sidlined I have had a little re-entry back into riding, however nearly all of my riding has been confined to campaign riding (door to door) in neighborhoods. I've been out some in this heat for an hour or two max, a couple of weeks ago when it was just hot out but not exactly insane hot I was out for a few hours but it really wacks me out.

Plus I pour water out of my body, it's so much it's hard to call it sweat, it just pours. I take towels to wipe myself off but they only work so well.

Like ny biker says, after so many days of heat, everything outdoors is overbaked. I was out early today for a bit and later in the evening too for a bit. The rest of the time was spent in AC doing very little.

The heat wave is supposed to break overnight. Looking forward to normal temps.

[lovelygamer]

111 heat index here today. I have ridden maybe 10 miles in two weeks. I miss my bike. I can't ride when it's over 95 degrees, heat index over 100. Just can't. I did swim one afternoon.

But, I hear that tomorrow is only 94 and after that in the 80's. I plan to ride as much as I can this week. I have two cycling advocacy events early in the week, and they will end at night. Those will be some of my first night rides. I have only done one night ride so far.

I am especially looking forward to fall's cooler weather and a new bike fit right to me.

[PamNY]

I think I'm probably about to contradict some of what I said earlier in this thread, but after a 10-day heat wave with one more day to go, I have absolutely no desire to go out and ride my bike, at any hour, regardless of the temperature.

I'm starting to feel the same way. I did a short, slow ride a few days ago and felt I'd done 100 miles. I don't know if it was physical or psychological.

Looking forward to predicted high temps in the 80s next week.