nearly 50 (not age although feel it at mo)

[colessurfer]

Hi its me againg went out today expecting to do my first 50, I don;t know what was up but found I was not in the zone, My knees ached it felt like the wind had changed against me, just did not feel the best. Got to 48 and decided rather than doding another lap, went home. Do other cyclists feels like this sometime. Thanks
DAVE

 

[Noodley]

Hell yeh, but you got to dig in sometimes. And not do laps!!

I bet you regret it now.

 

[Randochap]

And not do laps!!

round and round and ...

 

[Ben M]

laps? nooooo, booooring!

 

[Randochap]

... round and round and ....

 

[The Jogger]

I think with age and experience , you might have completed that ;-)

 

[jig-sore]

well i know what your getting at. last weekend i did 76 miles (not in one ride) and felt really great, one of my best weekends yet, but yesterday i did 40 miles and things didn't go so well. i don't know if i ate my snack to quick, but halfway round i had real bad stomach cramps . i made it round but it wasn't the same.

I'm hoping things go better today

also, laps are not best. it's all to easy to give up and go home. if you need help setting a ride of certain distance, i find this website to be very helpful...

http://www.cycle-route.com/

 

[marinyork]

You have good days and bad days. I don't normally worry about it too much as sometimes you can feel quite rough the first 20 miles before you've warmed up and then it's a breeze after that. Sometimes you feel great and then it kicks in badly at about 50miles.

 

[Plax]

I find it tends to get me in the legs first if I'm not "up for it". It got me today after about 38 miles. I don't think the temperature today helped. It's usually raining in Wales - I'm not used to the sun! .

Try planning a route on Google Maps. That's what I do, make a kind of loop of X amount of miles. Of course it then means you have to soldier on, and like today it can get really hard going but I had no choice but to go the whole distance. I treated myself to an ice cream though.

 

[HLaB]

Hell yeh, but you got to dig in sometimes. And not do laps!!

I bet you regret it now.

Yip, I find laps boring but I do like to do figure of 8's sometimes but it can be too easy to pull out after the first loop; when I do that I regret it.

 

[jig-sore]

it must be something about this weekend. i felt "not right" yesterday as well (30 miles), however when i got home my times were not to bad.

going to try again today

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I'd look at a route that is 25 miles long. You will find the impetus to complete the final two miles far stronger when it's getting you home rather than yet again repeating a 2 mile loop. That said we all get bad days and you have to ask yourself why you are cycling. If you are training it is worth digging in, if you are just doing it for enjoyment why push yourself.

 

[Arch]

If your local train services allow bike carriage without booking, you can always ride out roughly along a rail route, and have the option of bailing out along the way out, at the furthest point, or on the way back....

 

[peanut]

Hi its me againg went out today expecting to do my first 50, I don;t know what was up but found I was not in the zone, My knees ached it felt like the wind had changed against me, just did not feel the best. Got to 48 and decided rather than doding another lap, went home. Do other cyclists feels like this sometime. Thanks
DAVE

I cycle for pleasure not to complete a certain distance.:?: if its not pleasurable whats the point ?

 

[Plax]

I cycle for pleasure not to complete a certain distance. if its not pleasurable whats the point ?

I also cycle mainly for pleasure, but I like to challenge myself too. Nothing better than combining your favourite past time with a bit of a challenge. Mine is to cycle 100 miles this year and to complete the Wild Wales Challenge without pushing my bike up any hills!