or should i say, riding in heat?
been a heat wave in ohio the last couple of days, so i decided to ride at the hotest time of the day the last two days to get acclimated to the heat. seems like the first ride in any type of major heat just does not go well, and saturday was that day.
went out for a 3 hour'ish ride at high tempo - heart rate rate was screaming, but i really didn't feel 100%. didn't help that after 2.5 hours, i ran out of my magic HAMMMER GEL HEED to help me through the last hour. i got home with a slight head ache and some slight dehydration. the heat felt good, but it got to me that last hour.
today, temps were even higher. went out for basically the same ride, and was able to ride through the same heat and keep my hyrdation levels better with the HEED and the PERPETUEM hammer gel products. just felt 100% better today, and was able to keep the pedals turning over. yesterday was a hard 3+ hours, today was a easy 3+ hours in comparison, even though i was riding the same tempo.
BIG BEAR 24 hour race coming up next weekend - 11 solos signed up so far and 118 teams. should be a good event. the staging area is friggin' HUGE - it's an old air port air strip. about a quarter mile long and about the width of a football field. soil is much better than snowshoe for draining, so sloppy mud shouldn't be a issue. and - no roots. snowshoe had a TON of them, this course has NONE. but - watch those rocks!
dan the man will be the mechanic of choice, as usual. he'll be coming down on friday, and speedgoat will have a corporate team in the "just for fun" class, so i should have a few fans around. and - i think some of the shop guys have asylums, so you may even see a few "extra" asylum frames out on the course. guess the shop has been a lot of people asking/buying them - good to see them taking off. seriously, the big 29'r wheels just make so much sense -- not only for cross country, but espeically for the single speed freaks.
wobblenaught fit - last fitting is this week, probably tomorrow or tuesday at the latest. you may think i should be freaking out about this, but i have beenn fit on this system at least 6 times and i am firm believer in it. but - make sure you get somebody that knows what they are doing. jim b here in the akron/kent area knows it like the back of his hand. check out their website and look for locations - his name is there.
ah......
in other news - sorry for the lack of posts, in secret training for big bear and one surprise race after that -- but i am keeping that a big secret to build up the suspense. i'll probably post the details on next wendesday night - wait to the last minute, like those annoying local news broadcast that shows the gossipy news clip you have been waiting for all night in the last 2 minutes of the show.
that's it - gotta call the folks and get things straightened out with my dad in regards to next weekend. he's the other half of my pit crew - in charge of the food/fuel and keeping dan awake and posted on the time so he knows when the bikes need to get ready. what's good about next weeks course is that he won't have to hike up/down that huge friggin' hill at snowshoe.
gotta run-
sologoat out.
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