Originally Posted by badsac
Farkin! I used the be able to do that. On Saturday went for a ride with this dude who was a fair bit better than me. Still I took it fairly easy. HR didn't get above 160. Had some KFC nuggets and chips afterwards cause I was hungry but lazy, then a bit later went and had 4 middies of Old with the old fella and sisters, then had some lunch and one cup of coffee. Anyway, that afternoon, came down with shocking dizzy spells, felt nauseous, and was getting pins and needles in my hands and legs. had a bad headache the next day and sore leg muscles and tricepts. Doctor said I'd dehytrated myself with all those diuretics and was lucky not to do more damage. Told me about a bloke he knew who lost both legs from such behaviour. Sadly forgot to ask him about my black sac. Gah. Anwyay, seems like I'm getting week as piss in my old age. Either that or I'm not drinking enough.
I've just these last few weeks realised that what I thought was plenty of water was in fact only about 30 freekin % of what I should be consuming on a tough-ish summer ride. I'm still having trouble gettin' enough down even knowing how much I need.
Did 60k, and raced the boat Satdy and raced E/Crk Sundy and was absolutely, totally smashed sundy arvo. I mean 'call an ambulance' wasted. I'm still feeling dodgey today. I felt good satdy nite, must have been the sleep
Glad it rained last nite or I might have been tempted to race Penrith.......... and kill me stupid self.
::thinks:: "might need to have a full check-up and get told I'm old, again"
