So this is something that I'm trying to analyse a bit. Obviously I want to be able to ride for ever at 25mph and that's not going to happen but i want to be able to improve and understanding what's failings will help.
So yesterday I went for a ride. 69miles, 2500ft climb so nothing particularly verticle. I was motoring on for the first half but started to tire from about 50miles onwards.
I didn't bonk. I know what that feels like and dread it. For context, I'd had a good feed the night before, a small bowl of porridge and Trek flapjack bar in the morning, a gel just before I left, had two 750bidons with carbs in the water another Trek flapjack bar about mile 30, and a gel with caffeine about mile 50 when I was starting to flag.
So my heart rate was dropping, legs were starting to burn when pushing on. I could do short sprints up kick-ups but effort like that just hit the legs with burn. After a bit of recovery I could press on a bit but too much and I would just start to flag. It's like my sprinting/high power ability is just shortening in time.
Now what I want to know is, from anyone's experience, what's happening? Yes I'm generally getting knackered, but is this down to muscle fatigue, energy system running out of glycogen, running out of energy and a good feed would help?
I would think of this HR drift would be a sign of bonking or running out of fuel but it was, if anything, starting to lower.
Just trying to understand and therefore adapt my training to bring up my weak points.
Cheers.
So yesterday I went for a ride. 69miles, 2500ft climb so nothing particularly verticle. I was motoring on for the first half but started to tire from about 50miles onwards.
I didn't bonk. I know what that feels like and dread it. For context, I'd had a good feed the night before, a small bowl of porridge and Trek flapjack bar in the morning, a gel just before I left, had two 750bidons with carbs in the water another Trek flapjack bar about mile 30, and a gel with caffeine about mile 50 when I was starting to flag.
So my heart rate was dropping, legs were starting to burn when pushing on. I could do short sprints up kick-ups but effort like that just hit the legs with burn. After a bit of recovery I could press on a bit but too much and I would just start to flag. It's like my sprinting/high power ability is just shortening in time.
Now what I want to know is, from anyone's experience, what's happening? Yes I'm generally getting knackered, but is this down to muscle fatigue, energy system running out of glycogen, running out of energy and a good feed would help?
I would think of this HR drift would be a sign of bonking or running out of fuel but it was, if anything, starting to lower.
Just trying to understand and therefore adapt my training to bring up my weak points.
Cheers.