Two days ago I pushed myself hard on a 5 mile TT. The day after did 20 trainer miles Zone 2 and 3 with a quick sprint up to 5. My quads felt tight after yesterday’s session and did about a minute of quad stretches to help loosen them. Today I was out raking leaves and while bending down to pick them up - twang! Got a sharp pain in the right quad (it was 50* today) which has diminished a bit. Haven’t had a muscle pull in decades but now this. Kept off the bike today and probably will tomorrow and to an easy exploratory ride Monday.

So, in the future I will be more attentive to tightness and spend much more time on easy stretches the day of, the night of and the next morning. No doubt need to start stretching on a regular basis regardless.