Originally Posted by
cthenn
I'm finding that as I get older, I'm less tolerant of the heat. Used to be 95 or so I'd start to feel it, but now it seems I'm less tolerant. Kind of a bummer, considering the mountain is a sauna in mid summer, even at 6PM!
I find the opposite, heat bothers me less as I get older. I got so used to riding in the heat last summer and fall, I was actually mad when it cooled down. Riding in 100 degree temps during the middle of the day had become my new "normal". Takes me a few weeks to adjust to the heat, the first few days are the worst for me.
There was a mention of "heat shock proteins" in another thread, which are generated in plants, animals, and humans as a result of exposure to heat. Interesting topic. I must have been swimming in these last August:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_shock_protein