Tired of the heat!!!!

[Geonz]

I actually used the AC yesterday. It's "only" gotten to, I think, 91 here - but nobody is accustomed to that. (It doesn't make me nauseous like your conditions will, but it ain't comfy.) Sleep doesn't happen too easily :-(

[KSH]

I hear ya!

100F is my limit. Anything over 100F, I'm not going outside to ride.

Last night and tonight... I will be sitting in a spin class to get some bike time.

The heat is outrageous!

[Tater]

Yup, it is hot here as well. On yesterday afternoon's commute home, I felt like I was riding in a blow dryer! But at least the nights cool down into the upper fifties and we can leave the windows open to suck in as much cool air as possible.

[pooks]

The nights cool down? I'm so jealous!

Monday night when I came home from teaching my class, it was 93 degrees at 10:30!

I was determined to get up early this morning and ride, but I slept so poorly last night all I did was go back to sleep. Now I'm awake and trying to convince myself to go put at least a couple of miles in on the bike, but it's hard to fathom.

Maybe after I finish my latte. It's going to be 90, though.

Yes, this heat is killing me.

Sigh.

[Kano]

Pooks -- yup, it tends to cool down a lot! 10:30 at night it may still be in the 80's but by morning, it's pretty much always below 70. On the other hand, when we get a 40+ degree change during the day, it heats up pretty quickly when the sun comes up! Once we hit 90 or so, though, things slow down, since there's usually not much more than 10-15 degrees to go!

That blow dryer effect, though -- it's amazing! Hot as can be, but it also DRIES us as we ride! I get a kick out of DH: he says he never starts sweating until we stop riding! A neat side effect of this dry heat is that much as I hate being hot, my body seems to love this climate for riding! Muscles and joints seem to really appreciate an afternoon ride, and I spend much less time "warming up" at the beginning of the ride!

Karen in Boise

[pooks]

Um, now that you mention it -- I don't warm up. I just hop on.

[Kano]

Me too, Pooks -- but those first couple of miles, my parts are loosening up, my lungs are just waking up and starting to breathe, etc....

In fact, I think the first three miles are the hardest of any ride for me! DH thinks it's the last ones, but I just slow down on those -- I still feel great!

(DH likes to go early, and I'm not a morning person!)

Karen in Boise

[dobielover1]

I hear ya!

100F is my limit. Anything over 100F, I'm not going outside to ride.

Last night and tonight... I will be sitting in a spin class to get some bike time.

The heat is outrageous!

You ride at 100F? I'm in awe of you....anything over 80 or so, I'm done.

[oldbikah]

Even here in Maine it has been hot, hot, and humid as well, but today it was better. Yesterday I stupidly tried to do a 20 mile ride which involved a large, long hill and I cracked big time (I don't know exactly, but I think it was about 90 degrees and 80 humidity.) I got off the bike and could barely stand. ( Yes, I had plenty of water ) I was biking alone, but several friends happened along and rescued me! HOW does one do this at over 100???

[KSH]

You ride at 100F? I'm in awe of you....anything over 80 or so, I'm done.

Ah... well, you get use to it. Honestly, anything from 90 to 100... all feels the same.

Now, I REFUSE to ride in heat above 100 (I think RunningMommy does HOTTER!)... and it has been around 105 here the past 2 days. Hello spin bike in the gym!

[Kano]

What's neat about HOT here in Boise, and actually makes it possible to ride when it's a hunnert degrees or more is THIRTEEN percent humidity!

Now, when it's that DRY you have to have lots of water, and drink almost continually as you ride, but the good news is that you do NOT drip sweat! DH's story is you don't start sweating until you quit riding, but the truth is that you just dry so darned fast you don't notice it happening!

When you stop -- yup, you got it, it runs like standing in the shower!

All that said -- I'm not a native: I know humidity, and I hate it! (used to say, it's not the heat, it's the humidity back in Minnesota, and I'll tell you, I'm sure glad I don't have to live with BOTH!)

Karen in Boise

[Nanci]

Did you grow up in MN? I was born in St. Paul, raised in Roseville, lived in St. Paul a bit as an adult, then for a long time in Stillwater, then moved to FLorida. The summers here feel close to the same. I don't think FLorida humidity is any worse than MN, and for SURE the mosquitoes are less- there just isn't any water here unless it rains!

Nanci

PS, I'm ok riding in the upper 80's/low 90's, and have ridden in low 100's, but it was tough- it was a 200k brevet, and we spent a LOT of time cooling off in convenience stores. I'm cold, though, if it's down in the 70's. But I drive with no AC 99% of the time- just have my window down, because I _like it_ like that, and sit out every evening when it's in the 80's with the pets, so I'm probably pretty acclimated.

Supposed to be 95 today- what happened to the afternoon rainy season we were supposed to be starting???

[Bikingmomof3]

Hi Nanci!

I was born of St. Paul, MN, and raised in a Eden Prairie. I have been in Ohio for 4 years now and this humidity is by far worse. I suppose it did not help that I lived in Wyoming (lovely dry heat) for 6 years before moving back to a humid climate. I am still getting used to the humidity and I *really* miss snow.

[Kano]

Did you grow up in MN? I was born in St. Paul, raised in Roseville, lived in St. Paul a bit as an adult, then for a long time in Stillwater, then moved to FLorida. The summers here feel close to the same. I don't think FLorida humidity is any worse than MN, and for SURE the mosquitoes are less- there just isn't any water here unless it rains!

Nanci

ME TOO!!!!!!! My move out of St. Paul was Lake City -- So, Ramsey, or Kellogg?

I was born of St. Paul, MN, and raised in a Eden Prairie. I have been in Ohio for 4 years now and this humidity is by far worse. I suppose it did not help that I lived in Wyoming (lovely dry heat) for 6 years before moving back to a humid climate. I am still getting used to the humidity and I *really* miss snow.

OOOOH, nasty having to move BACK to humidity! Just going back to visit in summer had my daughter asking "how do people breathe here?" -- I think one must grow gills!

Agreed! I am fine on my afternoon commutes until I get stuck at a stop light, then I really feel it and remember why I dislike summer!

Karen, I lived in Cannon Falls, Minnesota for four years and remember the humidity and mosquitos of summers there!

Astonishing! We're neighbors again! And yup, stop lights are the WORST! Well, except for getting home and not getting to start up again!

Karen in Boise

[Tater]

DH's story is you don't start sweating until you quit riding, but the truth is that you just dry so darned fast you don't notice it happening!

When you stop -- yup, you got it, it runs like standing in the shower!

All that said -- I'm not a native: I know humidity, and I hate it! (used to say, it's not the heat, it's the humidity back in Minnesota, and I'll tell you, I'm sure glad I don't have to live with BOTH!)

Karen in Boise

Agreed! I am fine on my afternoon commutes until I get stuck at a stop light, then I really feel it and remember why I dislike summer!

Karen, I lived in Cannon Falls, Minnesota for four years and remember the humidity and mosquitos of summers there!