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Old 06-23-22, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Noonievut
Some days I wake up and my legs, body, feel tired. Like, perhaps the day before I walked around an amusement park for 6-8 hours in the heat (yesterday LOL).

Question is what can you do before or during a ride to take away that feeling? I’m assuming nothing!?
Ride at lower intensity for the first 10-20 minutes. There have been many days when starting out, I felt like I'd have to do a slow, gentle ride and/or shorter than planned, but after 20 minutes or so of riding the legs loosen up and I end up able to push hard. Well, hard for me, anyhow.
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