Originally Posted by
Prairie Native
I swear that heat absolutely kills me on the bike. Now that temps are lower, I have been going considerably faster. I wish race season was in the fall here.
What's "considerably faster"?
It's been discussed ad nasuem that avg mph is a worthless bit of data, but I'm still interested only because I'm completely the opposite, if I prepare correctly I tend to be much faster in the heat (at least that's what the numbers over the last 3 years say).
FWIW - it's all mental, if you're racing in the heat everyone else is suffering as much as you are.
Some just don't bother thinking about it. Or if they are, they're thinking about how much the heat is bothering the other racers and using it to their advantage.
my 2cents