Those were pretty much the shared sentiments from this past weekend Saturday training ride. In training for the BC Bike Race, Team Go Banana and Team Go Orange have fallen into a steady rhythm for the long weekend rides (typically from 4 to 6 hours, 70 - 100km):
- Arrive at designated meeting location .... grumble about how early it is
- Pretend to stretch ... grumble about "going breakfast instead"
- Get on bike ... grumble about biking in general
- Ride for several hours and many kilometers ... more random grumbling
- Stop ... end of grumble
This weekend, there was more to grumble about: "The heat". Heat and humidity were the highest they have been yet this season ... and the training stops for no weather.
I think that we have either been spoiled by the relatively cool weather this year or perhaps have been in a zone and can't believe that we've actually been biking steadily for the last three/four mouths and it is only now that we are hitting the heat. After a couple of hours, it felt like we had been riding for twice as long and we called it quits at 65K.
Team concensus ... let's hope that it isn't hot and humid in BC!
Thomas
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I can assure you it is not hot and humid in BC!
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