Wow, was today tough!! It started out fine...on my bike by 8:00am in lovely 65 degree weather. And then it was all downhill from there--and I don't mean the terrain! It started really heatin' up and by 12:00 noon it was about 98 degrees, but it felt like 110. No matter how much I drank I couldn't quench my thirst (never a good sign) and by the third hour I was making salt tracks on my riding shorts--a worse sign. Losing sodium is one of those things that you have to deal with on long rides and especially in hot weather. But if you miss the first sign, and don't replenish that salt it's almost too late to reverse what is happening--feeling lethargic, over-heated and just plain miserable! It won't be this hot during my race, thank goodness, but I am going to have to figure out how to cope better with this type of setback.
A two hour run tomorrow...early in the morning!
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