Rode something of an impromptu two-parter today, with two different friends - first leg with Grecia (the more sane of the two for suggesting we start at 6:30am, I guess), second with Cory.
Total distance: 160.5km (100mi)
So that turned out to be another century. Oops.
It was made more interesting... and horrible... by the conditions. According to one road sign, it hit 35 Celcius today. It was seriously hot all day, right from the early morning.
The day was dominated by looking for places to fill up bottles, grab a salty snack, reapply sun screen and throw cold water over your head.
Twice I had to take a time-out and just get off the bike, sit in the shade for 15 minutes and chug water. Heat exhaustion and heatstroke are not things you want to mess with, and in conditions like these you have to act preventatively or you can really mess yourself up.
I hope it cools down a little. It should not be this hot in mid-May...
Total distance: 160.5km (100mi)
So that turned out to be another century. Oops.
It was made more interesting... and horrible... by the conditions. According to one road sign, it hit 35 Celcius today. It was seriously hot all day, right from the early morning.
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| Temperatures recorded at JMA stations at 2pm today - of course Kyoto is the hottest. Road temperatures are probably a couple of degrees higher. |
The day was dominated by looking for places to fill up bottles, grab a salty snack, reapply sun screen and throw cold water over your head.
Twice I had to take a time-out and just get off the bike, sit in the shade for 15 minutes and chug water. Heat exhaustion and heatstroke are not things you want to mess with, and in conditions like these you have to act preventatively or you can really mess yourself up.
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| Bibs and jersey, covered in dry sweat salt. Pretty amazing how much you lose. |
I hope it cools down a little. It should not be this hot in mid-May...
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