Still Hot

It's now the 10th consecutive day with temperatures over 100 degrees. They say it's going to be at least 12 before we can even think about things cooling down.

This is putting a real crimp in my training. It's just too hot to excercise safely. K's cross country team is cancelling practice everyday because of the heat.

I'm starting to wish it would start raining. At least then I could ride the rollers in the garage.

Holy Cow It's Hot!

When my alarm sounded at 5:30 am today, the weatherman reported that it was currently 83 degrees.

Think about that a second, the sun hasn't risen yet and it's already 83 degrees!

When it hits 100 degrees today, it'll be the 8th consecutive day of 100 degree heat in Birmingham, tying a 27 year old record.

I must be insane because I'm planning to ride the Tuesday Night Pain Train this afternoon. Or at least a portion of it. I'll see how it goes and how I'm feeling. I'm still a little congested from this virus that's been dogging me.

Un Jour Sans

last Tuesday...

legs, energy, snap...speed of any kind.

The only thing there was plenty of Tuesday was heat. It was like riding in a blast furnace. The heat index was in the 120's. I decided to ride anyway. I started out with a sore throat, and rode only because I needed to do something after taking a recovery period the week before. As it turns out, it really wouldn't have mattered because I was sick enough by Thursday to stay home from work, and Tuesday's miles were the only miles I got in this week.

I was dropped before we got out of the neighborhoods in Irondale.

Oh well. Everyone has a bad day. I'll blame mine on whatever virus was gearing up to knock me down for a couple days.

I'm looking forward to redeeming myself next Tuesday.

Huntsville's a month away and I have serious doubts about my ability to ride more than 70 miles right now.