When I was a bike messenger, when the temperature got up around 30C, if I waited until I was thirsty to drink I got early signs of heat prostration: feelings of nausea and light-headedness. They disappeared immediately upon drinking water.
When I started drinking before I felt thirsty those problems never occured. I wouldn't have thought that a bike messenger uses that much more water that steady touring in hot temps but maybe I'm wrong. Or maybe my experience is not typical. Anyway, what's most important is that you hydrate sufficiently to meet your needs, as you obviously did. Cheers, frank On 5 July, 2015 11:28:03 AM EDT, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >I don't drink all that much water when I'm on these trips. > >This time I took 2 bottles, totalling 1.5l, and often enough still had >plenty left at the end of the day. My routine is generally to cycle 3 >hours in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. After 1.5 hours stop for a >banana and a drink or an orange. At lunch I might have a can or two of >some sort of fruit drink. This stuff's nice, and quite clean wrt added >sugar and similar shit: > >https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0VVx7VOzTUY > >Total fluid intake for the cycling part of the day might be 3l. > >I think the emphasis on 'hydration', particularly for amateur athletes, >is overdone. 'Drink when you're thirsty' seems to have worked >reasonably well for the 3 million years that preceded commercial sports >drinks and bottled water. > >http://www.humankinetics.com/2012-releases/2012-releases/waterlogged-the-serious-problem-of-overhydration-in-sports > >I've known a couple of super-athletes who've ended up in hospital >because they've over-hydrated. I don't think I know anyone who has >ended up there because of dehydration. That doesn't mean it never >happens, of course. > >Obviously in the evenings I make sure I get the correct intake of >carbohydrate-based, throat-charming, foaming replenishment fluid... > >B > >> On 5 Jul 2015, at 13:52, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Agreed. Always a breeze on a bike. >> >> Don't forget water. Drink lots. Drink often. Well over a litre an >hour in extreme heat. >> >> Cheers, >> >> frank >> >>> On 5 July, 2015 5:47:35 Amat EDT, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> >wrote: >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Strangely enough it's not thatat difficult cycling in the heat. The >>> movement of the bike means there's always a breeze over you. >Provided >>> you're wearing shades and a cap, or helmet I suppose, and slathered >>> with factor 50 it seems to be ok. When I stop I make sure I get into >>> the shade immediately though. >>> >>> B >>> >>>> On 5 Jul 2015, at 10:25, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 4/7/15, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: >>>> >>>>> Comments always welcome: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.web-options.com/France2015/ >>>> >>>> Loved looking at these Bob - thanks for posting. The shots of walls >>> and >>>> windows I like the most. >>>> >>>> Hope the trip went well - hard work in the heat I bet! >> >> -- >> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
