Originally Posted by
Iride01
Not adequately hydrating during and after the ride will cause you to feel excessively tired ...
Dehydration was my first thought too. One way to check is to weigh yourself before and after your ride. In hot weather, even though I drink during my ride, I can lose two pounds and sometimes as much as four pounds in a 20 mile ride. Water weighs eight pounds a gallon, so that's a net loss of a quart to half a gallon of water. I don't seem to be able to drink enough as I ride to make up for the water I'm sweating out. That weight loss tells me I need to be drinking a lot after my ride to rehydrate. I've felt that fatigue too, but it wasn't rest I needed, but water.