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Old 07-15-20, 04:09 AM
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Trevtassie
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You probably got a bit dehydrated. 88F is fairly warm. If you ran out of water before the end of the ride you definitely got dehydrated. A tell tale sign is that you stop sweating. Always worth getting more water than toughing it out, but one of the symptoms of heat exhaustion is mental confusion, which can lead to bad decisions. Some of those electrolyte tablets might help, if you can increase your water carrying capacity or source more water during the ride. Not so much for the salts, but drinking a lot of water gets a bit much sometimes and some flavour helps. Sometimes I'll get an electrolyte drink and dilute it 1:1 or !:2.
You would have had heat exhaustion just bordering on heat stroke. When you dumped the extra water and electrolytes in when you got home it screwed with an already messed up system. Better to take it in smaller amounts over 15 minutes or so, then keep sipping small amounts constantly until your urine output returns to normal. I once had to deal with a guy who was dehydrated to the point of heat stroke. He was, we thought fairly OK, but just needed some liquid, so we got him to drink a quart or so of electrolyte/ water mix in one go. next minute he was unconscious and fitting. Though 99.6F is not a fever the chills and headache etc is definitely a sign you weren't in a good way, you got away with it this time.
In Greece last year, the heat coming off the road was so brutal we were struggling to drink water fast enough to make up for sweat going out, it got to the silly stage where we were almost drinking constantly, so we flew to Helsinki!
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