Invictus1984
New Member
Hi,
As the post title says I’m a bit disheartened and confused as to why I’m currently so slow on the bike.
Some background information, I’m 34 years old in good shape, not overweight,although I’m fairly stocky and muscular which may not be ideal for cycling. most of my life has been spent doing sports, I used to play rugby until age 20 and was then a semi pro MMA fighter for 5 years since stopping that I attend the gym 3-4 times a week to do weights/circuit training and also run 2-3 times a week to a reasonable standard- 5k in 22 minutes.
I fancied taking up a new sporting hobby and so decided to to get a bike, have only been cycling for around 2 months 3 times a week, now regardless of my athletic background I know I’m new to cycling so don’t expect to be super fast and and prepared to put the work in. However at the minute I cycle around 10 mph and about half a mile in my legs will be starting to burn and this continues throughout the whole distance I have to keep slowing down to a crawl just to rest my legs I am only cycling around 10 miles per ride but even that at 10mph is a huge effort on my legs and they are burning, but I’m not even breathing heavy during the ride, I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong or is this normal for a reasonably fit beginner? Thanks.
As the post title says I’m a bit disheartened and confused as to why I’m currently so slow on the bike.
Some background information, I’m 34 years old in good shape, not overweight,although I’m fairly stocky and muscular which may not be ideal for cycling. most of my life has been spent doing sports, I used to play rugby until age 20 and was then a semi pro MMA fighter for 5 years since stopping that I attend the gym 3-4 times a week to do weights/circuit training and also run 2-3 times a week to a reasonable standard- 5k in 22 minutes.
I fancied taking up a new sporting hobby and so decided to to get a bike, have only been cycling for around 2 months 3 times a week, now regardless of my athletic background I know I’m new to cycling so don’t expect to be super fast and and prepared to put the work in. However at the minute I cycle around 10 mph and about half a mile in my legs will be starting to burn and this continues throughout the whole distance I have to keep slowing down to a crawl just to rest my legs I am only cycling around 10 miles per ride but even that at 10mph is a huge effort on my legs and they are burning, but I’m not even breathing heavy during the ride, I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong or is this normal for a reasonably fit beginner? Thanks.