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Quick bit of background.
I've done some sort of exercise every day this week. 3 weights (nothing outrageous, just stuff to help my back & upper body strength) 1 local loop on the bike (about 6 miles/ 1000ft in an hour or so), and a 30 min 'intervals treadmill run.
Did a big ride today (39 miles/ 5,500ft in pretty much 6 hours) and obviously my legs are still pretty tired at the moment. I'm not training for anything other than going for a week with Basque mtb in a couple of weeks.
So the question is, do I go for a play in the Tweed Valley tomorrow or do I do the (arguably) sensible thing for once and let my body recover.
Rest ...
Watch the mens road race? Always good to chill before you bonk in the middle of nowhere!!
Ride, rest on Monday...
Ride, rest on Monday…
I am self employed so that could work. 🙂 1
Rest does seem to be winning so far though.
Fun (recovery ride). Then watch the world's.
Fun (recovery ride). Then watch the world’s.
Serious question. Say I go to Glentress (as I haven't ridden there revently), what sort of time/ distance/ climbing would classify as a recovery ride?
What is a recovery ride for you will be personal to you, Crickles thinks I am in zone 1 heart rate that is recovery intensity when my heart rate is under 140bpm. I went at my mate's pace yesterday on a hilly ~83 miler over ~6000 feet of climbing, his stats were ~145bpm average and ~180bpm max, mine were ~126/160.
what sort of time/ distance/ climbing would classify as a recovery ride?
Unless you want o upload your entire training program then maybe the blue.... it's OK to chill out
Go ride your bike. Unless you’re a professional athlete overtraining is almost impossible
Ride your bike. You really have not done that much IMO when I am touring that big ride would be what we do most days for a fortnight. I am not particularly fit and am 57. a lap of GT red is only a couple of hours or so riding at my slow pace.
Ride your bike. You really have not done that much IMO when I am touring that big ride would be what we do most days for a fortnight. I am not particularly fit and am 57. a lap of GT red is only a couple of hours or so riding at my slow pace.
Go ride your bike. Unless you’re a professional athlete overtraining is almost impossible
There's probably a lot of sense there. I did the BC Bike Race earlier in the year which was (for me) a huge amount of riding and lived to tell the tale.
Being on my bike(s) makes me happy so I should probably just ride. 🙂
Aye - no need to push yourself. Just have a bimble around for a couple of hours.
Aye – no need to push yourself. Just have a bimble around for a couple of hours.
I'm in Edinburgh so perhaps the Pentlands might be a good move. I'm much more likely to Nimble there!!
If you want to ride, ride. There will be plenty of days in the coming months when it’s howling a gale & raining, when you’ll really not want to head out.
Thats why I’m up at 6 on a Sunday, so I can get a ride in as well as all the stuff my wife had planned for me!
Unless you’re a professional athlete overtraining is almost impossible
Unless I've suddenly become a pro athlete without knowing it then the above is bollocks! I know of several others, all holding down regular jobs, who've done the same.
Ride.
People have ridden 200 miles a day for a year and lived to tell the tale.
Ride. As mattbee says, there are plenty of cold, wet, windy days ahead so don't waste a decent Sunday.
It's glorious out.
Go ride.
We are riding after trail tribe circuits today as it's so nice. We may actually be mangled from TT but we will be riding
Whitestone - you are probably closer to a properly trained athlete than most on here.
Go for a ride/bimble. It's active recovery init.
Whitestone – you are probably closer to a properly trained athlete than most on here.
Ahh, shucks.
Seriously, it's not the absolute level of effort but how the individual responds to and recovers from a given workload. Tiredness following a hard session is to be expected but you need to figure out how long it takes you to recover from any given effort. Some people recover quickly, others don't.
Persistent tiredness, general lethargy are the first symptoms of overtraining, if you ignore these signs then you are going to be prone to chronic illnesses that will be very hard to shake off.
ride, it may be raining/you might be dead tomorrow
When im in that situation id be likely to just find a nice little dh trail that i can do a bunch of push up laps on rather than going out on an xc ride.