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11-09-05, 06:14 PM
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I have my morning legs and my "good legs".
I've found in the mornings, when I'm leaving out, my legs feel a little achy at times and I just spend time spinning and trying to keep a fast cadence and low gears. But for some reason, when I'm headed home, I feel like I could spin my flippin' legs off and no one can touch me. Absolutely no fatigue, no soreness, etc.
Maybe I just want to get away from work that bad?
Koffee
I've found in the mornings, when I'm leaving out, my legs feel a little achy at times and I just spend time spinning and trying to keep a fast cadence and low gears. But for some reason, when I'm headed home, I feel like I could spin my flippin' legs off and no one can touch me. Absolutely no fatigue, no soreness, etc.
Maybe I just want to get away from work that bad?
Koffee
11-09-05, 06:18 PM
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Just wait until you get old like me! My legs ache when I first set out, but within a mile or two they loosen up. I also notice that, even though I'm in good shape, I now make those grunty noises when I get out of a chair. 
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I'm right there with ya. Going in just isn't as enjoyable as comming out. Less to worry about, i guess.
11-09-05, 06:41 PM
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Koffee, I'm just the opposite. No problems in the morning but after work, the first mile or so just about does me in.
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11-09-05, 06:47 PM
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I always feel fresher heading home than heading out.
11-09-05, 06:55 PM
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I usually feel a lot stronger in the afternoon, but I think it's just because I get out the door so early. I wake up at 5AM and am pedalling by 5:20. My muscles are still asleep.
There are days when I just walk around feeling like superman, I feel just mighty and like nothing can touch me, but it's not at any special time of the day.
There are days when I just walk around feeling like superman, I feel just mighty and like nothing can touch me, but it's not at any special time of the day.
11-09-05, 07:09 PM
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I've been wondering the same thing myself lately. Seems that it's the first two miles of the day that are the hardest. After that I guess my muscles are warmed up and ready to go.. but some days, those first two miles I feel like I just dont have it.
11-09-05, 07:14 PM
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jeeze all you "kids" complaining... it takes me about 10 miles to get the kinks out...
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I sit on my ass all day so I have all the energy in the world when I leave for my time trial home.
11-09-05, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by genec
jeeze all you "kids" complaining... it takes me about 10 miles to get the kinks out...
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11-09-05, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by chipcom
Yeah, you must be an old fart, it only takes me 3 or so.
Not that old, just several tens of thousand miles on the ole legs...
11-09-05, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by genec
Not that old, just several tens of thousand miles on the ole legs...
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11-09-05, 07:57 PM
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It takes me longer to get warmed up than it did 5-6 years ago. Back then I would commute around 10 miles each way from Manhattan to NJ, and I'd be flying after the first 2-3 minutes in the morning. These days I don't really feel warmed-up for a good 20 minutes or so on the morning commute. Evenings have never required much warm-up, at least not yet.
Edit: well that was true until last week. <sigh> (I'm a *cough* full-time student again *cough*)
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11-09-05, 08:34 PM
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in the morning my muscles are just as awake as in the afternoon. I guess cauz I am a "young'n" but I still go that extra 5-10mph in the afternoon to get away from school!
11-09-05, 08:37 PM
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I got two nice little hills as soon as a I start out on Lex. so hitting those cold sucks. By the time I do the first mile though I'm warmed up so getting to work sucks cuz I'm done w/ my ride, but ready to go farther.
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When I start out in the morning, my knees feel tight and pop a few times in the first 100 meters. After that I feel great but it's a bit disconcerting. Must have something to do with my time in the Army. Those bastards cost me 10% of my hearing too!
11-09-05, 09:11 PM
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Depends on the route, doesn't it? It's downhill on the way in, and uphill on the way back. Way in is faster. But I often feel stronger on the way back.
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11-09-05, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by koffee brown
I have my morning legs and my "good legs".
I've found in the mornings, when I'm leaving out, my legs feel a little achy at times and I just spend time spinning and trying to keep a fast cadence and low gears. But for some reason, when I'm headed home, I feel like I could spin my flippin' legs off and no one can touch me. Absolutely no fatigue, no soreness, etc.
Maybe I just want to get away from work that bad?
Koffee
I've found in the mornings, when I'm leaving out, my legs feel a little achy at times and I just spend time spinning and trying to keep a fast cadence and low gears. But for some reason, when I'm headed home, I feel like I could spin my flippin' legs off and no one can touch me. Absolutely no fatigue, no soreness, etc.
Maybe I just want to get away from work that bad?
Koffee
Nah, it's just what I call "morning weakness". I'm like that in the mornings as well.
One of my past jobs required what was considered "constant heavy lifting"...basically I picked up and inspected 40lb parts in my hands all day long...hundreds of them. Well, in the mornings I just could not keep up...but once 1:00 rolls around, I was running like lightning.
I think it's part due to the extended leack of activity called sleep, as well as the long period without water or food intake during that sleep.
11-09-05, 10:44 PM
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I feel just as weak heading in as I do going home.
11-09-05, 10:51 PM
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I agree ... my body is sleepy in the morning. My afternoon run is the money one.
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i'm evenings too. on the other hand, my evening ride gives me a much better warmup before the climbing begins - 2.5k on the flat, compared with half a block of very very slight uphill in the mornings. i can do that 2.5 in about the same time it takes me to cover about 1k in the morning, even when i haven't eaten all day at work. getting more sleep seems to help with the morning thing, but i haven't done that often enough to confirm any trends. i have noticed it's much more about the muscles than the lungs. it's kind of frustrating that way.
11-11-05, 08:52 AM
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Amen sister... Holy cow. We had a steady 18mph wind with gusts up to who knows what yesterday. I managed 8 mph on about half my trip home. Cuts both ways of course, on the way in I coasted for almost a mile at 19-20 mph.
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I guess I'm a bit slower in the morning too. My best time is in the evening, after dark. I absolutely love riding then, and I feel like I could go for hours. I should build a special "night bike" covered in lights just for this purpose...