Originally Posted by
holliscx
What I find tough with road riding and cycling in general is leg fatigue. I ran cross country and track in hs and college and continued running after college. While my legs would feel tired some days due to training it's nothing like cycling where I can feel accumulative training in my legs via burning, tired, heavy legs. I notice this much more in cycling than running. So weeks where I can only get out for one ride during the week I feel great i.e. fresh going into my long weekend ride. Maybe the trick is less distance with more frequent rides but I think there's a fine line between riding too little and too much. I'm 37 and notice I need a lot more recovery time than I did in my 20s. A long ride is followed by 2-3 days off the bike (usually 2) for my legs usually feel trashed and I need the rest.
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