willhub
Guru
Hello,
I used to do big miles big hills some years ago, but it all came to a stop in 2016 really, since then I've just been commuting to work, 3-8 miles into work and then 17-20 miles home, not every day, some days I get the tram, but I'd be carrying heavy panniers.
Anyway, come to the lockdown and my cycling motivating has came back, working from home and reduced hours on a saturday mean more time for cycling and now I want to get back in it.
I've gone from above to doing 40-50 mile rides, usually at a minimum I'm doing 25 miles, generally in the high 18 low 19 speeds, and I've started doing hilly rides 30-50 with 2000-2500ft of climing.
My power averaged are between 200 and 245 at the moment, but I've had a quick look at Garmin last night and found, kind of what I felt, over the past 4 weeks my normalised power has been dropping, and it's not at the lowest.
Yesterday I went on a ride into the peaks, 50 miles just under 2500ft of climbing, and I absolutly tanked in the last 20 miles, my legs just wouldn't go and my average power just dropped to almost 200.
My recovery "appears" to be substantially quicker at the moment, I did 35 miles the day before yesterday, flat, then the 50 miles yesterday.
But even when recovered, sometimes if you're fresh you get a sense that you're legs are not tired but then you get onto the bike and you just can't get going, I feel that sometimes.
Is this a sign of overtraining? Not sure what steps I should take, it's hard to avoid cycling, normally I could just find something else to do on a rest day, or even take advantage of a rainy day and stay indoors, but neither of that is possible at the moment.
Any suggestions?
I used to do big miles big hills some years ago, but it all came to a stop in 2016 really, since then I've just been commuting to work, 3-8 miles into work and then 17-20 miles home, not every day, some days I get the tram, but I'd be carrying heavy panniers.
Anyway, come to the lockdown and my cycling motivating has came back, working from home and reduced hours on a saturday mean more time for cycling and now I want to get back in it.
I've gone from above to doing 40-50 mile rides, usually at a minimum I'm doing 25 miles, generally in the high 18 low 19 speeds, and I've started doing hilly rides 30-50 with 2000-2500ft of climing.
My power averaged are between 200 and 245 at the moment, but I've had a quick look at Garmin last night and found, kind of what I felt, over the past 4 weeks my normalised power has been dropping, and it's not at the lowest.
Yesterday I went on a ride into the peaks, 50 miles just under 2500ft of climbing, and I absolutly tanked in the last 20 miles, my legs just wouldn't go and my average power just dropped to almost 200.
My recovery "appears" to be substantially quicker at the moment, I did 35 miles the day before yesterday, flat, then the 50 miles yesterday.
But even when recovered, sometimes if you're fresh you get a sense that you're legs are not tired but then you get onto the bike and you just can't get going, I feel that sometimes.
Is this a sign of overtraining? Not sure what steps I should take, it's hard to avoid cycling, normally I could just find something else to do on a rest day, or even take advantage of a rainy day and stay indoors, but neither of that is possible at the moment.
Any suggestions?