Sully
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- Nottingham
Hello all, hope your ok
Please advise me, I'm a 43 Yr old male 5"10 around 12 stone, I'm slowly raising my mileage with my target being the Nottm cycle 100 next Yr which which I'm already paid and entered into, on my ride on Saturday I ran into a problem I've not encountered before, or I'm assuming it was a build up of lactic acid, the pain 36 miles into the ride was honestly terrible, I couldn't get comfortable in the saddle and it was affecting both upper and lower legs, I've heard it referred to as a burning sensation, well I can't really put my finger on it but suffice to say it was bl**dy awful !
anyway I gets home and could hardnt walk, so I sank myself into a cold bath, that helped, my ride was 41 miles with an elevation gained of around 2000 ft, I set off quite quickly but had to crawl home, average was just over 15 mph (Strava) So have I done something wrong ? Was it down to not hydrating enough or eating enough ? I'm concerned as I'm going to ride the 100 miles for charity and failure is not an option, but saying this I couldn't manage to do the remaining 50 miles feeling like I did, your help and advice as always is greatly appreciated, Craig
Please advise me, I'm a 43 Yr old male 5"10 around 12 stone, I'm slowly raising my mileage with my target being the Nottm cycle 100 next Yr which which I'm already paid and entered into, on my ride on Saturday I ran into a problem I've not encountered before, or I'm assuming it was a build up of lactic acid, the pain 36 miles into the ride was honestly terrible, I couldn't get comfortable in the saddle and it was affecting both upper and lower legs, I've heard it referred to as a burning sensation, well I can't really put my finger on it but suffice to say it was bl**dy awful !
anyway I gets home and could hardnt walk, so I sank myself into a cold bath, that helped, my ride was 41 miles with an elevation gained of around 2000 ft, I set off quite quickly but had to crawl home, average was just over 15 mph (Strava) So have I done something wrong ? Was it down to not hydrating enough or eating enough ? I'm concerned as I'm going to ride the 100 miles for charity and failure is not an option, but saying this I couldn't manage to do the remaining 50 miles feeling like I did, your help and advice as always is greatly appreciated, Craig