ALLISON MANN

It's been hot here locally. Like, really hot. Last Tuesday I was doing some threshold hill repeats and it was about 95F out. I went through 48oz of liquid in about 1:10 and I'm pretty sure had I had to do another repeat I would've broken out in goosebumps the first few minutes in.

Wednesday of last week we rode in the afternoon and I swear I was getting chills on an exposed climb in 95-100F heat, not to mention the fact that I had nothing going for focus, power, etc. I managed through my Thursday workout okay, but it was getting clear that the heat was doing me in.

With record heat forecast for this week my supervisor at work agreed to let me work a later schedule than normal to train in the mornings before it was so hot I'd keel over with heat stroke or worse. Yessss.

Tuesday Justin and I headed outside at sunrise for a road sesh and dubbed it our few days of "dawn patrol". The sunrise over the mountains to the east was stunning. It was almost "chilly" as we hit our first small descent and temps were really good for the repeats that morning. It was definitely warm as we ended the ride with some easy spinning, but couldn't have been more than 85 or so.

Yesterday we hit the dirt, sort of. I hit the dirt. Neither Justin nor I had bothered to grab his cycling shoes, so he beat feet home to grab them and then joined me 45 minutes later. Temperatures were already warmer than the same time the previous day. Sunrise was great again.

Shadows were long

It was over 90F when we finished up, but far better than the 110F it would've been in the afternoon.

It's been interesting try to figure out nutrition the last few days with our ride time being so different. Tuesday my body was in full flux. I was out riding around during breakfast, and eating morning snacks at lunch time. I have not been fueling us all that well during the day, and then trying to back load a bunch of calories at dinner time, which naturally isn't a good idea.

We're still eating healthy, though.

I typed this post up earlier, lost internet, and lost my post. So, I completely forget what else I had.

"Last one. Make it count."

It's been hard to focus on much of anything. Countdown has begun. Looking forward to some easier riding in the coming days because right now I'm pretty blown!