Riding in a Sauna!

I was a bit surprised when pulling into Ourimbah today - there were loads of riders around undaunted by the ridiculous heat.

We didn't take note of the thermometer in the car (only one for reference) when we'd done, but after driving a while on the way home it was reading 39C so would guess things were a good bit warmer when it was sat in the Ourimbah parking lot. Thankfully most of Ourimbah is shady - without cover this day would have been brutal (check what happened at Marramarra for that!).

Gazza and I weren't pushing (no way that was possible) and did relaxed 42:51, 43:15 & 44:29 minute laps - a good 5 minutes down on race pace at this year's Fat Tyre on the exact same course (aside from that new bit of sniggle on the climb after transition - nice work trail fairies). Took a 10 minute break after lap one and another 15 minutes almost after lap two and slung down almost whole bottle mixture of Gatorade + some BioCeuticals magnesium replacement during each break (plus water from the Camelbak on the trail of course and loads more after).

Think it really goes to show what a difference the heat makes. The sweat running down your face actually tastes different (yes - I'm a glutton for punishment - what do you mean you don't taste your own? ). It's running like a stream from every part of your body and one just has to think, "How the hell am I going to get the salts and fluids and everything else that is being lost in this river back into myself?!". Yeah, so after those three laps we were cooked. Had a chat to some DH dude waiting to shuttle his buddies, chilled a bit (if you can call it that) and had a nice ride home with the A/C blasting.

Top morning I say

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