Ry and I went out on the Red Rock trails for a nice mountain bike ride! The plan was to ride for about 75 minutes and then to do a short run. As has happened on so many other occasions, Ry and I got lost! Not smart in the heat! After 3 1/2 hours I had to get off the bike and sit down feeling completely dehydrated. My mouth was so dry and I was feeling crazy light headed and weak. Ry and I had both taken one bottle of fluids with us. I had a zero calorie sports drink and Ry had a regular Gatorade. Normally I probably would have been fine but I started out low on fluids secondary to not having much to drink since my longer run on Thursday (crazy busy days at work, and then driving to Vegas, etc.). I will not make that mistake again. We found our way back making the total bike ride roughly 4 hours. |