An odd subject line I realize, but I've run into a little bit of a dilemna. I think I am basically addicted to road cycling!
Now mind you I'm not talking about centuries every other day interspersed by hours and hours of training time. I fancy myself as turning into a moderate cyclist, about 100-150 miles a week and climbing (literally)
I say "literally" because my favorite pastime these days is an interval of a 4 and a half mile climb to the "water tower" a pretty hefty climb for someone as relatively new to cycling as me... I just recently got to the point where I made it to the top without stopping once or zig zagging on the road, and that made me so ecstatic that now my goal is to do it twice, three times, four times one after the other without stopping and I'm working very hard to that goal...
The wife finds it amusing because no sooner am I thru the door after work that I'm not shedding my clothes to get into my cycling shorts and t-shirt...
It just feels so good to get out there and keep plugging away... but here is my trouble... I always warm up a bit before the climbs and also do lots of pre riding stretching, but just a few weeks ago I started to develop some pain in the knees...
The pain goes away a few minutes into riding or climbing but then returns a little worse than before during the night...
I made adjustments to my pedals and made a conscious effort to maintain good form while pedalling and this helped a little, but the pain kept getting worse and so I skipped a day to rest, but getting back on after the rest day the pain returned... so now I'm on the second rest day and its funy how irritating it is that I can;t ride... I've serviced my bike several times already and the thing is spotless and in perfect mechanical order, but that almost makes the time off more irritating...
What do all of you do in terms of training and letting knees recover when you can;t ride at all?
*frustrated*
Feanor
Now mind you I'm not talking about centuries every other day interspersed by hours and hours of training time. I fancy myself as turning into a moderate cyclist, about 100-150 miles a week and climbing (literally)
I say "literally" because my favorite pastime these days is an interval of a 4 and a half mile climb to the "water tower" a pretty hefty climb for someone as relatively new to cycling as me... I just recently got to the point where I made it to the top without stopping once or zig zagging on the road, and that made me so ecstatic that now my goal is to do it twice, three times, four times one after the other without stopping and I'm working very hard to that goal...
The wife finds it amusing because no sooner am I thru the door after work that I'm not shedding my clothes to get into my cycling shorts and t-shirt...
It just feels so good to get out there and keep plugging away... but here is my trouble... I always warm up a bit before the climbs and also do lots of pre riding stretching, but just a few weeks ago I started to develop some pain in the knees...
The pain goes away a few minutes into riding or climbing but then returns a little worse than before during the night...
I made adjustments to my pedals and made a conscious effort to maintain good form while pedalling and this helped a little, but the pain kept getting worse and so I skipped a day to rest, but getting back on after the rest day the pain returned... so now I'm on the second rest day and its funy how irritating it is that I can;t ride... I've serviced my bike several times already and the thing is spotless and in perfect mechanical order, but that almost makes the time off more irritating...
What do all of you do in terms of training and letting knees recover when you can;t ride at all?
*frustrated*
Feanor