Originally Posted by
chasm54
On the mileages you describe, you certainly aren't overtraining. Overtraining takes a long period of time, and repeated instances of riding hard without allowing proper recovery.
Err, you are forgetting to take into account the most important aspect - the actual person doing the training.
Sure, 40 miles for you may not seem like much. But take a morbidly obese couch potato-man, make him ride 40 miles just once, and I guarantee he wont be able to walk for the next week.
Now I am not saying the OP is overweight or in bad shape, if anything 6 months of riding should put you in just the right shape for the amount of riding you are doing. Your age is the only thing at strikes me as possible culprit (not that you CANT ride this much, but maybe it takes longer to adjust at this age)? But I wouldnt know, I'm a complete youngling at only half your age
