For my weekend ride I skipped Saturday because we had an unseasonable high of 90°F. Today I rode in the morning to beat the heat the best I could, but it was still in the 70's. I guess our 5 days of spring are over. My 24" ungeared muni was ready to go, and since it's kind of too slow for Webster and Whiting, and I was just at Bay Park West, and I didn't want to drive far, Tryon seemed like a good choice.
The ride was on the hot side, and difficult, as expected for Tryon. I saw some new-to-me trail reroutes and rock reinforcements. Trail fairies are awesome! Otherwise, it was just me pushing through the best I could. There are very few hill climbs in Tryon that I can make without stopping. I need to go back sometime and just session some individual climbs. Usually I'm going for some amount of respectable distance, so when I fail a climb I rest a minute or two, remount and continue.
Not long after I got home I got one of those headaches I've gotten in the past, I guess from being too hot and pushing too hard. I even took electrolyte pills and drank lots of water on my ride. Excedrin and a few hours seems to have gotten rid of it.
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