Originally Posted by
Planemaker
Thanks for the advice. I am overweight but, I am losing. I have been getting at least one hour of exercise 6 days a week for the past several months (Friday is my day off). I just recently picked up the pace and added more biking in my routine. I have just ridden a lot more miles in the last four days than ever before, tomorrow I will not be on the bike.
Prudent advice is to increase your time and mileage gradually. For example, if you are used to riding an hour, don't suddenly increase it to two hours (30 miles). Increase it 10 minutes, ride a few days at that amount, then when used to it, increase it another 10 minutes or so. And as Dnvr said, include rest days--I would suggest every third or fourth day as a rest day.