WhiteGiant
Maximum Pace
- Nov 4, 2006
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Secret Training Fail
I've hardly been riding at all recently, having all but given up my regular commuting regimen for the comfort of an air-conditioned train - It has simply been too damned hot to ride.
Now, with my arm almost fully recovered, I figured it was time to start losing some weight & building up some strength for the upcoming Toyo Turnpike race.
With that in mind, I set out this morning at 7:00 with the intention of climbing Shiraishi-Toge, "from the steep side" - See Map! It's about 7km with an average of 10%, so it's quite a challenge.
I had made it all the way to the base of the climb, near Myokaku (明覚)station, 75km away, but I could already feel the beginnings of heat-stroke setting in. The sports-drink was sitting heavy in my stomach, not being absorbed - I felt like throwing up. I decided that climbing in that condition would be a foolhardy exercise, so I did an about-face, and came straight back home.
As a reconnaissance ride, it was a great success (>Yamabushi: Great alternative route out to the north end of the Green-Line). And as a training ride, the headwind I had on the way back down the river gave me a very reasonable workout.
On the way back though, I had to stop several times at convenience-stores, every 20-30km, where I would buy a 2-liter bottle of water; A third, I would pour over myself to simply cool down, I would drink a third right there, and the last third would fill my bottle. Plain water worked best, while the sports-drinks failed.
So much for not riding because it has been too hot; I picked one of the hottest days of the year for my back-in-the-saddle venture. *Forehead slap* Dumb-arse!
All up though, a hard-fought 148km.
*Map link fixed - Sorry if you couldn't see it earlier.
I've hardly been riding at all recently, having all but given up my regular commuting regimen for the comfort of an air-conditioned train - It has simply been too damned hot to ride.
Now, with my arm almost fully recovered, I figured it was time to start losing some weight & building up some strength for the upcoming Toyo Turnpike race.
With that in mind, I set out this morning at 7:00 with the intention of climbing Shiraishi-Toge, "from the steep side" - See Map! It's about 7km with an average of 10%, so it's quite a challenge.
I had made it all the way to the base of the climb, near Myokaku (明覚)station, 75km away, but I could already feel the beginnings of heat-stroke setting in. The sports-drink was sitting heavy in my stomach, not being absorbed - I felt like throwing up. I decided that climbing in that condition would be a foolhardy exercise, so I did an about-face, and came straight back home.
As a reconnaissance ride, it was a great success (>Yamabushi: Great alternative route out to the north end of the Green-Line). And as a training ride, the headwind I had on the way back down the river gave me a very reasonable workout.
On the way back though, I had to stop several times at convenience-stores, every 20-30km, where I would buy a 2-liter bottle of water; A third, I would pour over myself to simply cool down, I would drink a third right there, and the last third would fill my bottle. Plain water worked best, while the sports-drinks failed.
So much for not riding because it has been too hot; I picked one of the hottest days of the year for my back-in-the-saddle venture. *Forehead slap* Dumb-arse!
All up though, a hard-fought 148km.
*Map link fixed - Sorry if you couldn't see it earlier.