No pain, some gain?

[nappadang]

I've just returned from a four day family visit which involved no cycling. I realised yesterday that I had no ache I am my legs at all. This is a first since I bought the bike 3 months ago. In the short time I've been cycling, I've allowed time for recovery but always felt at least a little pain.
I went out for a 21 mile ride on (I'm a recovering fatty,no sniggering) today and it felt good. I managed to shave best part of 5mins off my quickest time for this route and probably could have went faster. I've read on here about the importance of recovery time but not really appreciated the impact it could have.
Staying off the bike for four days is hard and I don't necessarily advocate this but I would advise a bit of down time for recovering fatties and the super unfit (I belong to both these groups).

 

[HLaB]

Quite common that after a short break you are refreshed and can go faster.

 

[GreigM]

2 or 3 days off is normally good for me, let's the muscles heal and become stronger.

 

[Chris Swift]

Yo dude

I went on my 1st 30 mile yday, the last 6 miles I started getting twitching in my muscles in my thighs. Last night my legs was hurting like mad and today it hurts but it's bearable the misses had me shopping with her today for 3 hours!

Take it easy

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@nappadang To fully benefit from the exercise (and damage done to the body), your body should really fully heal, but in the real world this is not always easy. When I used to have extended time off I always came back fitter and faster, these days it seems to have the adverse effect.