The temperature tied the record high in Reston and the heat index hit triple digits. Hell of a way to ride my first metric century!It was already pretty clammy even before the 8:00 am start. The temperature would hit 95 before I finished -- the heat index would be close to 110.
I was pretty nervous about riding in the humidity. Probably a good thing. I drank a ton of fluids. Took advantage of all five rest stops, downing as much food, water and Gatorade as I could in 10 minutes. Didn't want to take more than that -- to keep from cramping up. But I took the full 10 each time to hydrate as much as I could.
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