Originally Posted by
CCrew
Definitely. You find you have to pace yourself more for the long haul
It's easy to get caught up in stoplight racing, but at 17 miles (each way?) it's more of how much of an endurance base you have. I do almost 25, some weeks by the end of the week I'm happy just to be able to spin!
Yeah, 17 each way. I drove this morning because I overslept which I take as my body's signal that I overdid it yesterday. I've been dealing with tendonitis in my left knee and I was a little iffy by the time I got home as it was. It's not so much that I'm stoplight racing as it is that I'm riding about 2/3 of the route with a stronger rider, which pushes me out of my comfort zone.