Originally Posted by
reef58
BikeWNC my recovery will probably be in a hospital bed! If I am able I would love to. I may wet a fly line the day after to.
I get concerned on mountain rides. It has been awhile since that terrible day during the 3 mountain metric. It was my worst day on a bike ever. Did the first 40 miles in less than 2 hours the last 35 took over 4! I remember climbing Pilot Mountain I was not breathing hard, and I suspect my heartrate was low, but I could not turn the pedals. Weird bonk.
Richard
That's very common when you have been climbing pushing a gear into resistance for a long time. The glycogen in your muscles is gone and you can only put out so much power. I key is to spin early in the ride and make sure to eat and drink. Still, there are those days nothing seems to work. Coming from sea level you may feel the climb up to 6000' in the TdT.