Do you sometimes just feel weak

[Jason.T]

Went out last Sunday only for a short 17 mile loop and felt very strong and fast

Not been out for a week due to work and weather apart from a short one yesterday, but I just felt drained, no power in my legs and they hurt on hills far earlier than usual

Rode into work tonight, only 5 miles, I can usually avarage 15mph and even up to 18mph if I push it, but again tonight my legs just didn't want to work only averaging 12mph which is pretty poor for such a short distance

I'm sat here in work feeling weak and drained and really not looking forward to the ride home in the morning unless I perk up a bit

Anyone else get days where your legs don't want to work and you feel weak and drained

 

[the_mikey]

Yes, it happens. Sometimes all it needs is gentle ride to warm up before putting in any effort, sometimes it's a sign you are run down or have a virus, either way, taking the pressure off your ride and reducing your effort so you're not breathing hard will make it easier in the short term. Make sure you're eating and drinking sufficiently too!

 

[DWiggy]

Or it's just windy!

 

[MikeW-71]

Yep, had that. Sometimes you just don't have the legs. Usually a few days later and I'll be better.

 

[midliferider]

On the way home today, I had to talk to myself, say that if you don't peddle, you won't move!
There is a bit hilly area, more of a slope, on my way home. I find that stretch a good way to judge how I feel on the day. When I am in good mood, I do that on the big ring, 50/12 combination. This evening, I was on 30/28.
It is not due to virus or anything. I was just drained at work.

 

[JasonHolder]

Know how much you're eating ,what youre eating and eat enough. Weak legs as you describe is normally low sugar. Its easily neglected after a weeks work. Eat more bananas!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Not quite the same thing (but yes some days you are flying and others not), about half way (22 miles) round today I was a section of road i thought pretty flat about a 1/3 of mile in length and I was struggling to get above 12mph, when I looked at it it had a max grade of 4.3% and an avg of 2.9%, about 200ft a mile sort of climbing, but I swear it was pretty flat.

 

[Pikey]

+1 for the blood sugar and virus comments above, keep an eye on both.

I went out last week and felt as you described, thought I needed to mtfu about it and did some hill intervals, ended up in bed sick for the weekend, over my birthday too lol.

Sometimes your body is telling you to ease up a bit, prob won't last forever.

 

[JasonHolder]

Oh the hill interval remedy hope alls good now chap

 

[RussellZero]

I find that feeling like that is normally a cue that I need to drink loads of water. Its amazing how much drinking a pint or two wakes you up and reenergizes you when youre tired like that. Give it a go and report back!

 

[Pikey]

Oh the hill interval remedy hope alls good now chap

Yeah, not my finest hour, but I set out to go up Salisbury plain and I like it up there too much to miss it.

'Twas fine til my ride yesterday, pushed it a bit too hard on the aero bars and blew chunks into the hedge as I went along

 

[GrasB]

Anyone else get days where your legs don't want to work and you feel weak and drained

Usually the few days before I get a cold or something. Worst is that just after the drained feeling I get a day or two of really good legs, but it's best to resist the temptation if this happens.

It may also be that a break in your routine has left your body to relax & realise it needs to get some house keeping done. Thus you have energy tied up in that but not being able to do things.

 

[Jason.T]

Cheers all, glad I'm not alone and it's not just me

Could be a combination of things, virus I hope not, had a slight sore throat but nothing major

It was suprisingly windy both today and yesterday

I'm quite bad at not eating properly, after 12 hours in work I usually just bung something in the microwave, the misses cooks when she's home from work at a decent time but that's very rare, it's usually between 9-11pm

I'm on my 3rd week of night shifts now and that's starting to grind on me, I'm always more tired on nights plus I only have a bowl of cereal before coming to work at night and then it's a microwave meal in work (the not eating properly thing again)

Glad you've all pointed a few things out so at least I know I've not suddenly become weak out of knowere

 

[sazzaa]

I've been feeling tired quite a lot lately, pretty sure it's because I can't seem to eat the right foods at the right times to fuel my cycling.

 

[JasonHolder]

What time you eat carbs doesn't matter. Eating carbs matter!