It is officially beer and chilled watermelon weather

[fredericks]

I'm not going to bitch about the heat (*much*), but I will say that I much prefer it when it's cold outside. During the winter you just have to layer like a motha and you're okay. When it's hot and you don't have A/C? You're S.O.L.. I'm in absolutely no mood to stick anything on the stove and there's nothing in the fridge that would work as a whole meal that doesn't require heating to become edible, but I feel awful even thinking about asking delivery folk to bring food over. And it's supposed to be this hot until Tuesday. Sweet Gee.

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[fredericks.livejournal.com]

I don't think so, but one time in college (don't all funky stories start out that way?) I decided to ride this 16 mile bike trail in one go, so I ended up doing 32 miles with no stops on a moderately warm but extremely sunny day. This being the first time I'd attempted something of that length I sorely underestimated how much hydration and fuel I needed to finish it up. When I got back to my dorm I chugged, like, a half gallon of water, left the rest of the jug by my bed, and fell unconscious for 4 or 5 hours. No nausea, no vomiting, no burnt skin (I'd worn a white shirt) but I was a little lightheaded and dizzy. Not the sanest or safest thing I've ever done, but at least it was relatively mundane.

And I interrupt my rambling to ask: why do you ask? Do you think you have heatstroke?

[army-kitten.livejournal.com]

oh, not now. but i'm pretty sure i did have it once. it was back in high school. i was at cedar point (you know, the amusement park in OH?) with my girlfriend at the time, her sister, and her sister's friend. i'm not sure how it even happened, honestly, though maybe i wasn't drinking enough fluids?

anyway, we were waiting in line for a roller coaster in the awful heat for a few hours and i started to feel more and more shitty. i ended up sitting down on the ground when the line wasn't moving. but by the time we got to the top, i started to feel like i was going to throw up and i didn't have the energy to stand. one of the workers gave me some water to drink and his hat dipped in cold water to put on my neck. my girlfriend was super pissed off because she wanted to ride the roller coasters together with me, but i felt like i couldn't even walk. which pretty much sums up our relationship right there. it wasn't until it started to rain and the weather cooled off that we realized i had a fever. then she was nice to me again. typical. we ended up sitting in my car in the parking lot for awhile with the air conditioning on until i felt a little better, but i still had to drive all of us home from fucking sandusky to detroit afterward. i probably should have gone to the hospital, right? but i sure as hell wasn't supposed to be in ohio, so i didn't want to get in trouble with my parents! X__X

32 miles, that's CRAZY! i guess you probably trained for it, though? shit, i'm glad you were okay! O_O

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

my girlfriend was super pissed off because she wanted to ride the roller coasters together with me, but i felt like i couldn't even walk. which pretty much sums up our relationship right there.
Damn. Yeah. Not so good.
Eh, you didn't collapse and you got some water in you and then you cooled down, so it was all good. Just next time keep water, sunblock, and a UV blocking umbrella.

I didn't train. I'd been working out pretty regularly for at least two hours a day at that point, and I thought I was le shit. I did the trek a couple of times after that, but I took little breaks every so often.