Tired of the heat!!!!

[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.

[Tri Girl]

Lenusik- I feel for you! I grew up in Yuma, and remember all too well the killer heat we used to have. Somehow, the body sorta adapts. When I went back 12 years ago I thought I would die when it was 115. Yikes! I guess your body adapts to where you live, because 100 degrees now kills me here.
I also remember the good part about living in AZ- like never having a real winter and using a windbreaker during the coldest part of the year. My world fell apart when I moved away and had to buy a bulky winter coat and felt temperatures below 40 degrees.

[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.

[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!

[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

[Nanci]

Ramsey.

Am I the only person in the world that loves humidity? (Unless I'm on my bike on a hill...)

Nanci

[Kano]

Ramsey.

Am I the only person in the world that loves humidity? (Unless I'm on my bike on a hill...)

Nanci

class of 76 here....

DH was 73

Karen in Boise

[Nanci]

I was Class of 76 too!!!!!!!! Did you go to Ramsey or Kellogg? I lived on (roughly) Roselawn and Snelling. (I can't afford to go to the 30th reunion this year...)

[Kano]

Ramsey -- lived on B, a block from the library! I know your neighborhood!

Does the world get smaller every few minutes, or what????

Reunion in August -- don't need that now, do we? We be reunited already! DH has been thinking about a trip in August, told him I'm staying in Boise. Grand-boy number2 is on the way, due sometime in the middle.

(DH recently acquired a trailer to give his boys a ride every now and again! he sure was smug about that!)

Karen in Boise

[eclectic]

I hate to say this but as we speak it is a balmy 76 here with 42% humidity and only 8mph winds

We will get some big fans and swoosh it south for everyone

Rode out this morning to the farmers market, bank and grocery store, going for a longer ride this evening

Rode over the weekend in +90 conditions but no one here dares complain about the heat because we live too long with below 0 temps

Complaining about the wind - now that's another thing

Hey there Minnesotans from a NoDak neighbor

[Nanci]

So, did we _know_ each other back then? My name was Zoubek. But I'm sure you can recognize me by my avatar- I haven't changed a bit! (Besides gaining 50 pounds!)

I was into horses, science stuff, started out as a good student but got in with the wrong crowd, then got a started-out-decent BF that went to White Bear Lake that was two years older, and straightened out somewhat, then broke up with him right at/about graduation to go with a guy from Lakeville. Volunteered a lot at Como Zoo, got dumped by Lakeville and started dating a zookeeper for a couple years, went to Brooklyn Park Vo Tech or whatever it was for Landscape Technology while waiting a year to get into Farrier Science at Anoka Vo Tech, shoed horses for a while, got married, not to the zookeeper, got divorced, ran away to CA, got pregnant, hated the "sperm donor," never married him, moved back to MN from CA, got married again, went to college, stayed together 14 years, got divorced, moved to Florida to cave dive, bought a bike...