Originally Posted by
khatfull
It's called warming up...sometimes takes me 20 miles to really get going. On this weekend's century I felt better at mile 80 than I did at mile 20.
+1
Try spinning a lighter gear a bit faster to get warmed up and see if that helps. It was chilly this morning, but I had a tight schedule, so I really had to focus on getting going for the first 20 minutes or so.