Today I completed a 51 mile ride in the oppressive Phoenix heat. I started in Central Phoenix at 5:30am and rode to Tempe to pick up Tracy for her first training ride. There was quite a bit of cloud cover this morning when I left the apartment, but the sunrise managed to show itself on the horizon - with the sun blaring brightly above the Superstitions as I crossed the Mill Avenue Bridge into Tempe.
Tracy and I rode from her apartment, down Rural Road to Tempe Town Lake, caught a lap around the lake and set out to the north on the Greenbelt. We rode as far as Chaparral and turned around to repeat the route. The cloud cover was burning off on our way back into Tempe, which meant I was going to ride home to Phoenix fully exposed to the sun - which also meant it was getting hotter and hotter by the minute.
I tried to keep a quick pace on the route back home - 17-22mph. On my way along Washington, I saw a sign displaying the temperature as 108' F. On the final stretch into downtown, I was starting to feel the effects of riding so hard in the heat, but pushed on the remaining few miles to home to hydrate and CRASH!
Great ride. Very proud of Tracy this morning!
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