I don't know the name for it or exactly what happened, but today's bicycle ride was among the worst I've had in some time.
First 25 minutes or so (after a 15 minute warm-up) I felt OK and was going at about 98% of FTP. I just did a one hour time trial earlier in the week to confirm the FTP so I felt comfortable about that FTP number.
After the first 25 minutes though, my legs just started to feel like wood or possibly lead They almost felt numb - all over really - and my cadence kept getting slower and slower as my speed plummeted. I have never felt so lethargic on a bicycle. By the time I was nearing my home on the way back, I couldn't have been going more than 11 mph.
Now I ate about 400-450 calories (cereal) or so about an 75 minutes before the ride. I also had about 12 ounces of water in the hour before the ride too. This was a mid-morning ride - say about 11 am and I had a protein shake at about 8 am which I usually don't do.
It was a good 10 degrees warmer today during the ride than when I usually go.
I have searched threads here and it sounds like I either bonked or dehydrated or maybe both
I'm trying to figure out what happened so that I can learn from this and not make the same mistake.
Are there some obvious symptoms while cycling of being dehyrdating, bonking, or having overeaten prior to the ride?
First 25 minutes or so (after a 15 minute warm-up) I felt OK and was going at about 98% of FTP. I just did a one hour time trial earlier in the week to confirm the FTP so I felt comfortable about that FTP number.
After the first 25 minutes though, my legs just started to feel like wood or possibly lead They almost felt numb - all over really - and my cadence kept getting slower and slower as my speed plummeted. I have never felt so lethargic on a bicycle. By the time I was nearing my home on the way back, I couldn't have been going more than 11 mph.
Now I ate about 400-450 calories (cereal) or so about an 75 minutes before the ride. I also had about 12 ounces of water in the hour before the ride too. This was a mid-morning ride - say about 11 am and I had a protein shake at about 8 am which I usually don't do.
It was a good 10 degrees warmer today during the ride than when I usually go.
I have searched threads here and it sounds like I either bonked or dehydrated or maybe both
I'm trying to figure out what happened so that I can learn from this and not make the same mistake.
Are there some obvious symptoms while cycling of being dehyrdating, bonking, or having overeaten prior to the ride?