both of you are suffering somewhat from heat exhaustion, Joshua the hot and cold chills can be serious. Hydration occurrs the night before the ride you should be drinking tons of water during the day and each night. Shouldn't pass a bahtroom without having to go in. Urine should be clear unless you are on meds or excessive vitamins. Drink lots on the ride, I am drinking a bottle and half to two bottles per 20 miles. Avoid riding between 3:00 and 5:00. finally be patient and pray for cooler weather and less humidity. Jim
-----Original Message----- From: CenturyLink Customer <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 07/21/10 18:10 Subject: Re: [COWs] Heat, Dehydration, and Diagnosis Goose, I too have been experiencing difficulty on afternoon rides. My symptoms are: difficulty catching my breath (the air seems to be lacking enough oxygen), feel very hot (hotter than normal) after pushing up hills or riding faster than normal, legs seem to be weaker than normal. When I slow down, I feel fine. I haven't experienced a feeling of nausea. I've never had heat stroke, but I wonder if these symptoms suggest being close to having one. ----- Original Message ----- From: Goocey M.K. Joshua To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:07:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [COWs] Heat, Dehydration, and Diagnosis 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
