B
Badger_South
Guest
It's often surprising to me how little I can judge if a ride is going to be
a good ride or a slog until I actually get out on the road.
Some days when I just don't feel like riding, I'll go out anyway and just
tell myself 'OK, recovery ride, just spin a little and enjoy the day', and
I'll find in the first mile or so that I'm having a very good day, and am
able to push it very well.
Other days, I'll go out thinking, 'OK, I'm feeling great, I'm gonna make a
new course record', and I just don't have it in me, and end up having a
rather disappointing ride.
The week before I got in my recent 150mile week for two weeks in a row, I
was just slogging trying to get in even 10 miles per day and ended up
getting only 85miles that week. The follow two weeks ended up being -very-
easy and fast 150+ miles. (oddly, the week following this period, I didn't
ride for two days and on the third day I felt like I could ride up the side
of a building!)
I'm now wondering if the days that I think I'm going to have a good ride,
but can't spin it, represent the slight dip in ability before your body
hypercompensates and you reach a new plateau.
Would it be in my interest to try and push it especially during those days
where I feel pretty good, but have to struggle to reach pace? I have a
feeling I'm missing out on even larger hypercompensation by going ahead and
'surrendering' to the urge to drop back on the pace.
Hope this makes some sense. ;-p
-B
a good ride or a slog until I actually get out on the road.
Some days when I just don't feel like riding, I'll go out anyway and just
tell myself 'OK, recovery ride, just spin a little and enjoy the day', and
I'll find in the first mile or so that I'm having a very good day, and am
able to push it very well.
Other days, I'll go out thinking, 'OK, I'm feeling great, I'm gonna make a
new course record', and I just don't have it in me, and end up having a
rather disappointing ride.
The week before I got in my recent 150mile week for two weeks in a row, I
was just slogging trying to get in even 10 miles per day and ended up
getting only 85miles that week. The follow two weeks ended up being -very-
easy and fast 150+ miles. (oddly, the week following this period, I didn't
ride for two days and on the third day I felt like I could ride up the side
of a building!)
I'm now wondering if the days that I think I'm going to have a good ride,
but can't spin it, represent the slight dip in ability before your body
hypercompensates and you reach a new plateau.
Would it be in my interest to try and push it especially during those days
where I feel pretty good, but have to struggle to reach pace? I have a
feeling I'm missing out on even larger hypercompensation by going ahead and
'surrendering' to the urge to drop back on the pace.
Hope this makes some sense. ;-p
-B