WTF: 106 Degrees Tomorrow?!?!?!

[MV Clyde]

Ok, enough with the heat already. Be careful out there. Stay hydrated.

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[Terpfan]

So I was reading something on the WaPo claiming bike tires are more likely to suffer blowouts in hot weather? Yet the advice was to make sure to inflate them properly. Maybe I remember basic science wrong, but wouldn’t the hot weather increase the tire pressure slightly?

[PotomacCyclist]

Re clothing, I have pretty simple rules. If it’s about 60 or above, I wear a short-sleeved shirt and shorts. (And a Halo headband.) There really aren’t many other options for me. It’s only on the cold end of the scale that I have to think more about what to wear: how many layers, beanie or balaclava, Bar Mitts on the bike, etc. Probably because I tend to tolerate the heat much better than the cold. If it’s really hot (or really cold), then I might do a shorter out-and-back or a shorter loop instead of a longer out-and-back, whether it’s a bike ride or a run. Well, actually, these days, I tend to do shorter loops in general, mixing them up with various short out-and-backs and multiple short loops. No matter what the temperature, I don’t really care to get stuck out in the middle of nowhere with a flat tire or no water.

The only rides or runs that I’ve had to cut short were speed workouts. But today I managed to get through my entire planned run speed workout. It was only after I got back inside that I found out just how hot it was. 99F according to Weather.com and 101-102 according to an outdoor electronic sign. Either way, it was freakin’ hot today! But I got through all of my VO2 max intervals. My speed wasn’t even half bad either. A bit of a fade toward the end, but still in a decent range (for me). The only concession I made was to shift the intervals from an exposed path to a field where I could get some shade in between intervals. I also took advantage of the drinking fountains. I kept pouring water on my head, on my face, all over both arms and on my neck.

I’ll also say that those frozen lemonade drinks are great after a workout on a hot day!

[creadinger]

Yes, but I think the key word is inflate your tires properly and don’t over inflate them like some folks may do to reduce resistance. I guess manufacturers would say that if they’re properly inflated then 100F temps won’t make them blow out.

[jopamora]

Took a CaBi from CC to Judiciary Square. Didn’t pass anyone going into DC, but saw quite a few cyclists going into VA. So glad the A/C vents on the platform were blowing cold air today. Skipped three trains before I stopped sweating, it did help that the trains were all packed to the gills.

[Bilsko]

FWIW, CWG reported today that the temperature spread between DC and Antartica: 200 Degrees.
I’ll repeat, there was a 200 degree difference between two places on our planet today. That’s pretty incredible. ( I know, I know, it happens all the time, but not usually with us at the ass-end of one of those 200 degree spreads)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/south-pole-weather-200-degrees-of-separation-from-washington-dcs-scorching-heat/2012/07/17/gJQAzq4BrW_blog.html

Oh, and also, Google released some new Streetview images today. Also for Antartica. http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/worldwonders/scotts-hut/

[PotomacCyclist]

That only makes me more glad I don’t live in Antarctica. Or even Alaska or Greenland. Not a fan of extreme cold, at all.

[DaveK]

Wasn’t too bad out tonight. It was definitely hot but the humidity must have backed off just a little by 6:30.

[KLizotte]

@Terpfan 25559 wrote:

So I was reading something on the WaPo claiming bike tires are more likely to suffer blowouts in hot weather? Yet the advice was to make sure to inflate them properly. Maybe I remember basic science wrong, but wouldn’t the hot weather increase the tire pressure slightly?

Yup, been there, done that a couple of weeks ago. My fault though since I’d inflated the tires to max psi. 100 degrees and pop! the back tire blew out. Not such a huge loss since I like my new tires better.

[KLizotte]

@DaveK 25598 wrote:

Wasn’t too bad out tonight. It was definitely hot but the humidity must have backed off just a little by 6:30.

Yeah it was great till about 8:45 then all the little snotty black flies and gnats arrived en masse. There were so many along the Roosevelt Island boardwalk that I could hear them hitting my helmet, and feel them go in my eyes, in my mouth, etc.

I get in my apartment building’s elevator and walk out wondering why the folks I was exchanging pleasantries with were looking at me so oddly (I’m pretty sure they took a step or two backwards too). Get home, look in the bathroom mirror and realize my entire face, neck, chest are covered with about 200 dead black flies and assorted insectaria. It was straight out of a horror movie. I’m used to 7-8 bugs per night but this was a full-scale kamikaze assault. As another poster recently pointed out, how do bugs survive the trials of evolution? Can’t they figure out that it is best to get the heck outta my way? Someone please send them to flying school!

[PotomacCyclist]

I got attacked by a dragonfly a couple weeks ago. Flew straight into my eye. Almost caused me to swerve and fall off the bike on the W&OD.

[PotomacCyclist]

101F on Wednesday. “Isolated T-storms” in the afternoon. (Hopefully that really means no T-storms within 40 miles of D.C.)

[pfunkallstar]

@PotomacCyclist 25616 wrote:

101F on Wednesday. “Isolated T-storms” in the afternoon. (Hopefully that really means no T-storms within 40 miles of D.C.)

Yesterday’s ride home was pretty brutal, might take a water/rest break this afternoon at the midpoint.

[creadinger]

@PotomacCyclist 25616 wrote:

101F on Wednesday. “Isolated T-storms” in the afternoon. (Hopefully that really means no T-storms within 40 miles of D.C.)

Unfortunately there’s a whole mess ‘o t-storms out to the west and northwest heading into the area. There’s a swarm that will likely go south and west of DC in VA and there’s a bunch up in PA right now that will likely drift over the region in the next couple of hours. MANY of these have already been designated SEVERE by the NWS.

It also looks like where there are gaps in the line, more storms are popping up to fill them in.

Make sure you check the radar before you head home today. It’s looking more likely that I’ll be taking metro home today and subtracting 12 miles off of my endomondo entry.

[dasgeh]

Thanks for the heads up. If only these would cool things down…

[consularrider]

Makes me wish I was heading home now. From my admitedly non-scientific point of view, the radar seems to show the worst stuff to be breaking up before it gets to this area, but little pockets are still heading this way, looks like a cell along the Potomac crossing the Beltway.

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