Originally Posted by
Nikon Fan
No raw tissue at all, only muscle pain. I rode again today, same 12 miles but took your advice to gear down and not push for a higher speed. Overall it went well; much better than yesterday. It took me a bit longer to finish the 12 miles, but I have almost no pain at all today. Thanks!
Tomorrow I'll probably do 16, hopefully 20 miles. My ultimate daily goal is to ride 40 miles per day by July. I'm doing this because I want to do a century ride for the first time in my life this coming January, 2018.
You don't want to do the same thing every day. Variety is best. Here's a decent century training plan:
http://www.bicycling.com/sites/defau...INING_PLAN.pdf
For now, do different things like in that plan and increase time by no more than 10%/week. Even that's a little high. Ride some flat, ride some hills, ride some easy, some hard.