I may need the Doc's expertise on this. I have not had a good ride
since my July 13 time trial. That totals almost a whole week of
miserable rides, starting with the whole Jim, Tim, and Potato Hill
fiasco. I wonder if I have been chronically dehydrated.
The constants:
1) Food: not changed much
2) Routes: I haven't flown over to the Alps for any tour legs
3: Bike: I haven't found anything heavier . . . not that they make that.
Changes:
1) I have switched from Cytomax to plain old Gatorade
2) Because of morning and evening commitments, I have been riding
between 1-5 in the afternoons, which means hotter temperatures
Symptoms:
1) Inability to keep my HR down below anaerobic threshold. Today I
averaged 177 bmp for 1.5 hours, and overpasses sent my heart rate up
to 192. Only Snake Mountain has taken my HR that high
2) Cold chills on the bike. It feels like I am passing through
pockets of hot and cold air
3) A strong desire to puke while taking down fluids . . . I'm probably
drinking about twice as much as I usually do
4) No gas . . . I try to put the hammer down, and nothing comes out.
I averaged 16.7 mph today and 16.2 yesterday. Even the heavy wind
shouldn't account for that poor of an average. Regardless, every
minute feels like hell.
Did I sleep from January to June and only IMAGINE that I rode BSG?
Any ideas? If dehydration, then any solutions--other than ride with
David at 5:45?
Goose
Rev. Joshua M.K. Goocey
Senior Minister
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
207 Tarboro St. N.
Wilson, NC 27896
[email protected]
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act
rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those
because we have acted rightly.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a
habit." Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy
"The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch
of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it
because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are
obliged to act accordingly.” --Søren Kierkegaard
On Jul 21, 2010, at 2:55 PM, David C. wrote:
Anyone interested in doing this ride?
http://www.setupevents.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_detail&eventID=1578
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