Weather ad Protien Snacks

Yesterdays pedal home was interesting but Not tasty!

The area was experiencing wind gusts from 22-35 mph (mostly from the direction I was coming from) SSE. I flew home with almost no effort and made it in 31 minutes!

Let’s talk about Texas weather. Two Firday’s past, I was screaming & jumping up & down like a kid. There was real Snow falling from the sky. Huge, soft, fluffy flakes. Not the ice that Texas typically gets. Last Friday, I almost melted on my way home. It was 87 degrees and the humidity was 85%. My face felt red, sweat was dripping, I got shaky. By the time I pulled into my driveway, I was shaky and so HOT I was queasy. Even coasting as much as I could, the double pronged fork of the heat index is going to be a major factor for the majority of the year for my bike commuting.

I am wondering will I develop better heat tolerance? Do you have any tips for combating the heat (it’s really a problem when the humidity is high)? Combining elevated humidity, concrete and exhaust from all the trucks is going to make for some warm commutes. Physically, I want to avoid the shakes and queasy feelings!

Texas heat index is the precursor indicating the flying bugs are once again staging a coup for world domination. I have a deviated septum, which really just means my nose is crooked… so I have one nostril noticeably smaller then the other, thus I have been breathing in from my mouth. Yesterday I ate my first CRUNCHY bug!! If anyone was standing in their yards as I passed at the moment of ingestion; I probably appeared t be enduring a grand mal seizure, as I attempted to spit and gag simultaneously! Maybe I need to keep some honey on the bike so I can dip the bugs prior to swallowing them.... create a sweeter protien snack!