Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Bit of a scare yesterday.

I'm not sure of the cause but yesterday while climbing Gaither at a fast pace, I suddenly got light headed, dizzy, and I was having trouble breathing. I had to get off the bike to keep myself from falling over. I also felt weak and lightheaded for the rest of the ride. I'm attributing it to riding once every two weeks and being out of shape. I think being out of shape and hitting the mountain that hard caused me to reach my max heart rate for too long of a time and nearly caused me to pass out.

My calorie intake and hydration are both fine. I just gotta hop back on the bike and put more miles in. Although the days are growing shorter and the weather is going to start cooling down, I'm going to be hitting the training hard. School will be starting up next week and I'll be using my bike as transportation everyday. I'm aiming for CAT3 next season so it's balls to walls for the next 8 months.