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Old 07-14-2004, 01:21 PM   #27 (permalink)
Terry Morse
 
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Re: Humidity affect on biking speed

Monty wrote:

> Yesterday it was around 90 deg F and very humid in Oshkosh and I rode 51
> miles. I drank about twice as much as I usually do, about two water bottles
> an hour.


Make sure you're getting plenty of electrolytes. Drinking two
bottles of plain water is a recipe for hyponatremia, whihc is not
pleasant.
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terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://bike.terrymorse.com/
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