Well, Rae- being from Florida I know about hot and humid. I know that I get headaches when I start to get dehydrated. Drink a lot of water before the ride, or Oj but NOT anything with caffeine in it. Don't forget to eat-power bars or crackers etc..
Good Luck.
----- Original Message -----
From: tallcarabs@juno.com
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 1:19 PM
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: RE: Re: People diet for endurance
Ok, let's see if I can clarify my headaches a bit. The pain is an
intense throbbing in my forehead and behind my eyes. I haven't thrown up
yet, but the nausea does get quite bad. My helmet fits good, snug, but
not tight. Blood pressure is pretty low - not bad low, but on the low
end of the normal spectrum. I do get pretty nervous and Scarlet does jig
the first couple of miles. She has come a long way at learning to
control herself and it's not too hard to keep her at a decent pace in the
beginning anymore. The headaches are worse when it is hot. What is
interesting, is that I also do trail rides with a buch of arena/show
people on weekends - sometimes 4-5 hours long in the hottest part of the
day (SE TX, so we're talking high 90's to low 100's with hgh humidity),
but I never get a headache after those rides. The LD's that I do, I'm
usually done by 11 or so, which is before the heat really gets bad. So,
I guess we're talking tension, nervousness a higher expenditure of energy
(the other trail rides aren't very fast). Does this help much?
Rae
Tall C Arabians - SE TX
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