Originally Posted by
roccobike
In two weeks I'll be riding in the local MS 150. I'm planning to ride 105 miles, 75 the first day, 30 the second. I've been riding in training rides, usually 2 or 3 times a week. The club I'm a member of has been riding metric centuries every Saturday for the last four weeks and fifty milers before that. I'm currently riding with the 18mph group. So distance and speed for the first day are not a problem. My concern is, getting up to ride the second day. Everytime I complete one of these Saturday rides, I'm really sore and tired the next day and don't really feel like riding. Last week I tried a MTB ride the day after, not a good plan. I was tired and nearly fell several times. I cut the ride after less than an hour and went home.
My Question: Does anyone have any recommendations how to quickly recover after a ride so I can ride the next day?
All comments, responses are appreciated.
If I hit 50+ miles hard, I have earned my 2 beer recovery. Read last year's Bicycling on Beer the new sports drink. I used to play competitive racquetball, and found after extreme exertion for a long period, a beer did more to aid in recovery than the basic sugar water sports drink. I drink a recovery drink (Endurox) after all major hammerfests that take over 2 hours. I try to have a beer or two right after finishing. There is not that much alcohol in beer and lots of good stuff. This way I get much less muscle tie-up and fatique. Otherwise, I can wake up feeling like *&^%.
I own my own business and sometimes cannot train as much as I would like to. You have to find out what makes your body happy. Mine is a couple of beers after training hard. I can really notice the difference and I ride with some real hammers. I am forced to overrun my fitness level all the time just to keep up. But do note; I will keep up. I have been called "undroppable". I may get dropped, but somebody is going to work for it, and damn hard.