Tired of the heat!!!!

[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

[pooks]

If it were really cool in the mornings, I'd be out the door in a heartbeat. But when it's in the upper 80s anyway, like this morning, I figured I needed sleep more than I needed to ride, and so now am still working myself up to ride!

[MomOnBike]

Miserable here, too.

My semi-regular (bicycle) lunch date had to be moved to breakfast, 'cause I was morally certain that I'd melt on the way to lunch.

Help! I'm melllttiiiinnng!

[bentforlife]

Yes Mimitabby, we do get good riding weather later in the year. but N. TX can have treacherous ice storms at times. Very little snow to have to worry about. Most of the fall, winter and spring brings good riding weather.

As far as the lawn, we really like the grass and it is very heat tolerant. I'm afraid cactus would not do well in the black clay they call soil here(Texas gumbo). We are on watering restrictions but have been able to keep everything alive, including the 40foot Bald Cypress next to the house. It takes more water than most trees but it gives great shade to the porch. I won't let DH chop it down. All the trees have either cypress mulch or ground cover around the roots that keeps the moisture in. I've seen some Xeriscape homes in the area and I just don't like them. I grew up in S. GA and really like having a grass lawn.

The weather people are saying we will "cool down" this weekend and get some rain. I'm not holding my breath.

Stay cool everyone!

Donna

[gringa loca]

Its miserable here in Austin too! I rode last night at 7pm at it was still really hot!

I hope it cools down cuz I'll be in Dallas for the Irongirl Triathlon this weekend!

[Tri Girl]

I'm in OKC, and it's not much better up here. We share much of the same weather as N. Texas. 105 and completely miserable. I'm heading to Houston next week, and although the temp will be lower, I know the humidity will be 50% greater than here (which is surely just as bad).
When I ran this morning at 7 it was 84 and climbing. The riding I don't mind as much, because even when it's like a blow dryer, at least I create my own wind on the bike and can somewhat cool down. I still ride outside, although now it's before noon instead of in the evenings. The thing that bothers me the most is when my ice melts in my water bottles and I'm stuck drinking warm water (and I even freeze my bottles, but they melt too fast).
Oh well, as we approach fall, I know it'll cool down.
We're certainly not alone. Most of the country is experiencing a heat wave. At least we know winter will be here eventually (then I can complain about not being able to ride outside b/c of ice or snow).

Stay cool ladies!