Stop being a girl, and become a man =]
Lol, it depends if you don't like the heat or can't stand the heat..one you can endure, one you'll pass out..depends if you can handle it, if you can, bear it and it'll bet better. If it's actually taking you down and making you ill then avoid that time of the day as there's probably little that we can do short of recommending you see a health professional as to why the sun messes you up so much.
.. ignore people who say harden up, it'll just lead to heatstroke, a couple of days feeling like shit and time off the bike.
Even armstrong has been saying that riding in the heat is pretty much just surviving, that you can't perform properly.
Umm no? What the hell? Ignore the people telling you to toughen up, because becoming tougher is bad for you eh!
You'd have to be a complete bloody moron to be able to get heatstroke if you follow the right precautions, sure if people were saying "just ride, keep riding till you pass out, next time you'll pass out after a longer period of time" then maybe ignore us. But I'm fairly sure there's heaps of people who don't like the heat, but still get on with it, that is called hardening the fuck up. I bet mommy didn't tell you that.
Nice point about Armstrong, except he's a racer..and racers have to do just that, race..umm so he can't handle the heat as much as others..yeah, so? So when it's hot he's at a disadvantage, yeah, so? There is absolutely no reference as to what context he said that, quite stupid if you read that and go "oh shit, Armstrong can't stand the heat, I can't either!!!"
Performing properly to his standard is a little different to simply riding in the heat for most of us..
Go to Bunning’s buy some Concrete and harden up
- Move up to North Queensland and have the heat as well as Humidity
Yeah, move to Qld and we'll see what hardening up is about, 30+ degree winter days are pretty fun!! Let alone summer where my shirt is soaked out back in a minute.
If you're smart and don't go faster or harder than you can physically handle then you should be fine in terms of not overdoing yourself. If you take in the right amount of fluid, have enough energy stores (food, beforehand), and you're generally aware of what your body can and can't endure then you should be fine. As for adapting to this heat, then there's nothing we can say or do to help you, the only thing that will help is to get out and ride. Instead of thinking how hot it is, think of all the cool riding you'll be doing and then the swim after...if you can swim afterwards that is..
Most of all, deal with the heat, as I said if it's messing you up then obviously you're a fool for going on the same way. But if it's merely uncomfortable then you've gotta get out and get on it to get on top of it!
(I still hate the heat so much, but hey, I'll ride all day, sink tons of water and the worst thing that will happen is I'll get a tad pink from exposure) I guess it's like hard work and labor, some people can't do it because they're naturally quitters and weak thinkers, it's really not that hard, just physically and mentally demanding at times...beers at the end of the day fix all of that!!
