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Iron, Copper, Zinc or maybe B vitamins. You getting enough of those in your diet?
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Another thing to consider is weather change. We just had a cold snap here n the mid-atlantic. I always feel more tired after riding in the cold.
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This thread came at an interesting timing.
I rode five days straight about a week ago and at greater intensity each day working towards the final day ride where I totally destroyed my legs. I did that on purpose knowing that the next day we are gonna have incremental weather with a strong cold front moving into our area so that would probably mean I will be forced off the bike for a couple of days of recovery. A quick caveat before I go on with my story, I have never raced or been coached by anyone so I really don't know anything about training and recovery. The rain didn't come until later that evening so I went out and did a easy spin on my brompton for about an hour. Then it was wet and cold for like two days where I didn't ride at all and all I did was some yoga and stretching and using the roller to roll out the calves and the thighs, I can feel the tightness and the soreness but that's to be expected consider the fact that I was deadset on "destroying" those legs. The first time I got back on the bike, I was just doing a 10-mile commute home on my brompton at a leisurely pace, the legs felt fine for the most part until towards the last two mile or so, suddenly the thighs started to cramp. I was like, "whoa, what's going on here?!" I wasn't even going hard. I managed to limp home. The next day, I did a ride on my gravel bike, same thing, not really going hard or anything, the thighs cramped again. I just took it easy, pulled back a bit and managed to get home. The next day, went on a group ride, the legs felt dead, couldn't really summon up the strength, tried a couple of accelerations on the hills but had to pull back throttle before I hit the top because the legs were giving up on me. I suffered quite a bit during the first part of the ride but then felt better towards the end after our store stop. I got the numbers from my power meter, but not sure what I am looking at. Told you I don't know anything about training or recovery. Just saw pamtbrider pal post. It could be the weather. It was colder this week than last. 40s vs 60s.
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I suck at it. ...and... I'm getting back after a few years off so I'm likely to suck that much more. I like it because you're swimming, twisting and turning under water and generally using all the muscles you don't when riding. The local club should have extras of all you need to try it out. Most of the players wear speedos, but I have a tan line from hades, so I wear jammers. Coed. Non contact. Fun times M Diet isn't stellar, but I don't eat tons of crap either. I can try some vitamins... Who knows? Maybe I AM short of something?! |
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That said, I bet everyone on this forum could benefit from an improvement in diet -- this is coming from a guy that had 4.5oz of bourbon with dinner because "I had a hard day and I deserve it."
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AFA training: I'd been doing Friel's 'plan' as adapted to my riding hours thru late June (Hilly Billy) then less structured, but shorter and harder thru CX season's start. Then Race, off, easy gravel or road depending on the weather, CX workout, easy or off, easy, kind of an openers ride, then race. IOW not too many hard days/week. AFA I could tell anyways. M |
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For me, matter follows mind. If I'm having a slow or sluggish day, that often shows up in my enthusiasm and performance on the bike. And yes - the weather has a lot to do with it - e.g., breathing/respiration, mood, etc.
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I’ve found easier rides tiring as well - turns out I was out of shape at lower outputs vs higher race output. Weird.
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Interesting topic. I fall in the same bucket. I just figured I was out of shape. I prob am, but I think I could use a tightening up of my diet as well.
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If I were in your shoes, knowing how much CX took out of me I'd do the following Sun: Race Mon: Off Tues: Active Recovery (10% less HR than what you're doing no surges 45-60min) Wed: CX Workout Thurs: Medium Intensity Fri: Active Recovery (10% less HR than what you're doing no surges 45-60min) Sat: Leg Openers
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I've decided that that Sun was the last race of the year, so I'm switching gears for a bit...
Run, easy ride, gravel, UW Hockey, run, ??, UW Hockey I've got a bit of time to recover and see if it's rest I need or what. Also need to find a sports Dr. in the meantime 'just in case.' M |
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