On my commute home yesterday, I felt like I was about to keel over from the heat. I wear cycling shorts and a jersey, have a helmet with a decent amount of vents, and was pedaling against a headwind, and still felt like I was just on fire. Even after pouring water over my head and on my body, I still felt like I needed to stop or I would be in trouble.

After about a 10 minute break, again dousing myself, and drinking a bit from my other bottle, I felt OK enough to continue home (I was only about 1/2 mile from home at this point).

Any other ideas on how to keep cool, aside from pouring water over yourself (I used up 1 entire bottle with the serial dousing, and only travelled about 8 miles). I understand that yesterday was unusually warm, especially for May, but I can't imagine how I'm going to commute by bicycle going into June, July, and August.

- Don