wexford
Maximum Pace
- Jul 3, 2012
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Last two outside rides, I have weighed myself (naked) before and after the ride. This morning's ride was the early TCC Tama Tuesday ride which is always a hard spanking ride (for me). It's early though so not that hot yet. My elapsed time was 2h37 and riding was 2h17 for about 60km. I drink 2 x 610ml bottles of water (no ice) with some electrolytes. My post ride weight was 2kg down. That's pretty savage. Pre-ride I ate a bowl of oatmeal before taking me weight also. Guess I need to drink more. Not sure how though. 1kg of water is 1L, so I'd need an extra 2L of water somehow. Or somehow reduce how much I sweat. I don't feel I am sweating a mad amount but my clothes are soaked post ride. I guess one thing I could do is get bigger bottles. But then again @GrantT was only riding with one bottle. Maybe he was stealing my water?
The previous ride on Sunday, I lost 1kg over a similar period which I though was a lot at the time.
Anyway - just wondering what others are doing and how you are combatting the heat.
Clothes wise, I had a light weight short sleeve (TCC) jersey and a thin tank top type base layer.
The previous ride on Sunday, I lost 1kg over a similar period which I though was a lot at the time.
Anyway - just wondering what others are doing and how you are combatting the heat.
Clothes wise, I had a light weight short sleeve (TCC) jersey and a thin tank top type base layer.