Patrick E wrote:
BCtriguy1 wrote:
I'm not quite sure about how it feels in Whistler, but near by on the water in Victoria, it feels a lot, lot colder. It is just such a damp, misty ocean wind that no amount of layering really seems to helps with. I've done my share of rides in weather like that and it is truly just miserable.
I raced last year when it was pushing 98*F on the way out of Pemberton. That was also miserable, although I think I would rather deal with the heat then the cold.
98? I was racing last year also and I don't remember it being anywhere near that hot. Mid-80s maybe. Regardless, despite training in North Carolina heat, I'd much rather race in the cold than the heat.
I'm a slow biker, so later in the afternoon, yeah, the valley, and the climb back, were pretty cookin'. I remember slowly grinding past some guy on the climb back. I made some comment like "beautiful day for a little ride, huh?" and he laughed and replied "My garmin says it's 98 fucking degrees right now!". So, I don't know how accurate those things are, but that's where the number came from. I did the majority of my training in mid-80 weather and feel totally comfortable saying it was far, far hotter then that when I was leaving the valley on race day.
Long Chile was a silly place.