Among the relatively serious down sides to the cooler weather we've seen this year has been a lack of opportunity to prepare for the Texas heat.
I usually spend a month or two training outside before festival season kicks into high gear, so the blazing sky monsters don't pummel me quite so badly.
Without such preparation, I spent today under the biggest of natural spotlights, dressed in some spectacularly stylish-yet-stuffy Edwardian attire.
Time to rehydrate for tomorrow.