Today was a day of hot head winds. Ugh! We also moved from lush green fields to the mid-West drought area. The grass is brown and corn fields are wilting. We were caked in salt when we arrived.
I seemed to have kicked the head cold and was back to almost 100%, so I ran with the fast group. It was hard work, but we shared the pulling and got into town before the strongest hot winds hit. A bunch of riders had to take the van for part of the ride. I did 87 miles with only one stop..not much time to see the country side...just kept cranking. The forecast is for hot dry days for the next week. Hopefully we'll have favorable winds. Tomorrow is a rest day. Yea! Only one more rest day to go.
Stats: 87 miles, 17 mph avg, 900' climbing, 10 - 20 mph head winds, 70 - 86 deg temps.
2 comments:
Pardon my ignorance - but is the salt from perspiration? If so, that is truly a hot, awful kind of a day. Atta Boy!!! Keep on moving!
Jill,
On a hot day one can loose two pounds of water an hour, and ride for six or more hours. With that perspiration, you loose electrolites, so we have learned to take supplements, including salt. Our cloths show the rings of salt.
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