Cycling in the Morning
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YahudaMoon
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take your time to begin with. finish the ride with a sprint with sprints inbetween helps me
SoloCyclist
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Yeah, I'm up at 5am each day for my commute. The most stretching I do is when I put my shoes on sitting on the floor. Gently stretch the Hamstring then my quads and inner thighs when I stand up, but really just a 15-20 second thing no real warming up as such. Same as Yahuda above, warm up on the bike for the first mile or so building gradually to a nice tempo. It's 3.5miles to my first climb but that is 5.5 mile long with just a couple of easy breaks. I've never felt any real discomfort.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
i alway think that riding this early in the summer months is best time to ride , what with all the birds twittering away etc etc , and the roads being quieter , hope to get a few rides in this week as on later shift , but might just get up and do some bike related cleaning
- Location
- Glasgow
When I have to commute so early in the morning the only thing I stretch is my mouth in a big grin, because there's nobody about 
The evidence is that stretching and warming up does little to avoid injuries despite everyone doing it so just get on with riding and maybe start off gently instead. The only thing to watch, and its not really a problem at 5AM, is what is known in the airline industry as "sleep inertia". You are more likely to make mistakes in the first 15 mins after waking up than at the end of a long tiring day. So be aware of that if you are mixing it with traffic that requires your wits about you.
I finish with a slow ride cool down over the last mile or I arrive sweating buckets.
