Weekend Rides?

[Crankin]

Heal quickly, Chatnoire.
We were supposed to do a 35 mile ride with friends today, but woke up to an email saying they were at the ER . It turned out to be a bad stomach thing, but after all that, no riding for them. So, we lolled around and watched the tour, ate lunch, and then went out for a 23.5 mile ride around Concord and Carlisle. We went on roads in the opposite direction than usual and on some of the roads I ride with my 13 y/o client. These roads are in horrible condition, some requiring almost mountain bike like maneuvers. Oh, did I mention there was a lot of climbing in this ride, too? We set out to do a slow ride, but in the beginning, a guy passed us on the flat part of Strawberry Hill Rd, like "hey you two dorks." I could tell he was going to slow on the hill and I got a "shock of adrenaline" as my son used to say when he was racing. I dropped him on the curve near the top of the hill, leaving DH to wonder what had got into me. I never do this. But, this tired me out and I struggled for the rest of the ride.
I should probably take a few days off from everything, but I'm just not willing to do that now. When we were about 5 miles from home, I ate a Shot Block, which did make me feel better. When I got back, I noticed the temperature was 89 degrees and it was 82 when we left. I think the heat got to me, too, although it's not humid.
I will not be riding to boot camp at 4:45 AM tomorrow.

[velo]

I didn't ride yesterday. I was getting sick on Friday and yesterday was not feeling up to snuff. I considered just going out on the trail for a short ride, but the heat was atrocious. It never made it out of the 80's overnight Friday night and I wanted to sleep a little later than 6am, so when I got up at nearly 8am, it was already over 90F with bad humidity. Rest day. Then this morning, after coughing up some gunk (sorry for the gross visual) and my throat stopped hurting, I got out before it got too hot. Got in 25, but felt off the whole time. I don't feel *bad*, just coughing a little and some congestion. As usual, I was glad I did it after the fact, though. After today, we're supposed to get a break in the heat, so I can ride this week.