Sore quads, any ideas?

[hook handlebars]

hellooo everyone

main reason I joined to find fellow cyclists to join on runs..and a wee bit of idle chat

I am 48 and ride around 28 miles twice a week (2 hours ...i was never quick ;0)))

expect to have some time on my hands in next 8 weeks and looking to step up distances and frequency as i need to lose about 20 lbs.

Today I was heading from Hook down to Warnborough area and despite doing some good warm up stretches... early ride felt a tightness in right quads then about 3 miles in felt tightness then pain on my left quads

not breathless, not sweating and no shortness of breath or tiredness ...my first run for 7 days and had been pushing it hard last week with only normal mild muscle pains

now I am worried this pain in both quad groups will restrict my bike time

anyone any ideas what caused this and how i can get moving again?

thanks

Captain Hook

 

[Paulus]

Welcome to the forum Captain, maybe a bit of dehydration? just guessing, but if you have done some stretching I can't really think of anything else.

 

[Zoiders]

Simple age.

We are all wearing out over time old chaps.

 

[Paulus]

Simple age.

We are all wearing out over time old chaps.

I didn't want to go there, but maybe age has been creeping up on you, and has caught you.

 

[cyberknight]

Assuming your resting and eating right it could be down too..

Leg speed, if you pedal slowly in a hard gear you can tire your legs quickly, around 80-90 rpm is reckoned to be the sweet spot , its kind of counter intuitive but with a speedo its very odd to be going just as fast in a slower gear with less effort.

bike set up, i recently fiddled with my saddle height + reach and my legs were screaming almost instantly.