Originally Posted by
datlas
First warm ride of the year. I don’t think I am acclimated to the heat yet, there were a few times I felt on the verge of puking. Still, a fine ride.
I get that sometimes. It's happened on days that were not all that warm, maybe low 80s, but they were the first day that temp all year, after a winter mostly off.
One year, I started the Old La Honda climb (7.5%, 3.1 miles), but halfway up I felt like crap. Lightheaded, nauseous, sweating like a river. I had to stop and cool down, and then ride back down, and gently rode the 81 miles home. Next week, same temperature if not warmer, and I had no problem at all. Passed the place where I'd stopped 1 minute ahead of my time the previous wee,.