Originally Posted by terrymorse
How about posting some ride elevation profiles for the rides you like to do? I'll start.
This is the profile from today's ride. I needed to try a long, hilly, hot ride to see if I'm ready to do Climb to Kaiser. Verdict: I'm not ready. I suffered greatly when it started turning hot and the road turned upwards. My Polar 720 recorded 98F on one of the climbs, and I'm covered with salt.
I did the Central Coast DC yesterday out of Paso Robles and ran into the same thing. At mile 87 you turn on to Nacimiento-Ferguson Road and climb 2700 feet strait up from the ocean. The lower 1500 feet climbs at an average grade of 10% with some pitches at 16%, I had 98f (it was 66f at the bottom) on my comp mid-climb and wilted. Took me 60 miles to recover, actually it had to get dark and drop into the 60s for me to recover. Our spring has been so cool and wet, I have absolutely no heat tolerance yet.