Riding too much?

[Ken]

This may sound really stupid, but I am new to this cycling thing. I was
riding everyday 12-48 miles depending on the day / weather / other things
going on. Any way I have not been able to get much time in on the bike in
the last couple of weeks. But today I got in two 12 mile laps before the
rains came. And much to my surprise my average speed was almost 1mph faster
than anything I had averaged before the "break" My laps are mixed riding but
always the same route, varied wind (speed and direction) and varied road
conditions (rough and smooth) . So I got to thinking and did a little search
and came up with this page: http://www.cptips.com/ovrtrng.htm and from what
I have read it seems that I might have been in between overreaching and
overtraining. I was wondering if anyone has any insight into this?

Ken

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[Joe Canuck]

Ken wrote:
> This may sound really stupid, but I am new to this cycling thing. I was
> riding everyday 12-48 miles depending on the day / weather / other things
> going on. Any way I have not been able to get much time in on the bike in
> the last couple of weeks. But today I got in two 12 mile laps before the
> rains came. And much to my surprise my average speed was almost 1mph faster
> than anything I had averaged before the "break" My laps are mixed riding but
> always the same route, varied wind (speed and direction) and varied road
> conditions (rough and smooth) . So I got to thinking and did a little search
> and came up with this page: http://www.cptips.com/ovrtrng.htm and from what
> I have read it seems that I might have been in between overreaching and
> overtraining. I was wondering if anyone has any insight into this?
>
> Ken
>

12-48 miles/day is a lot for a new rider.

 

[Chris Zacho The Wheelman]

For a non racer, that's a good quota. When i could commute to work I
wuld usually put in 14-18 mies a day (total - out and back) during the
week Then anywhere fron 60-120 with the bike club on weekends.

- -

"May you have the winds at your back,
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

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[Wannagofast]

Yep, generally, when you rest for several days and in this case a couple of
weeks, and you're faster, then that's a sign you were suffering from over
training.


"Ken" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This may sound really stupid, but I am new to this cycling thing. I was
> riding everyday 12-48 miles depending on the day / weather / other things
> going on. Any way I have not been able to get much time in on the bike in
> the last couple of weeks. But today I got in two 12 mile laps before the
> rains came. And much to my surprise my average speed was almost 1mph
faster
> than anything I had averaged before the "break" My laps are mixed riding
but
> always the same route, varied wind (speed and direction) and varied road
> conditions (rough and smooth) . So I got to thinking and did a little
search
> and came up with this page: http://www.cptips.com/ovrtrng.htm and from
what
> I have read it seems that I might have been in between overreaching and
> overtraining. I was wondering if anyone has any insight into this?
>
> Ken
>
> --
> For my real email address just remove "-dispose-trash"
> More of my mind dribbles at my blog: http://mind-dribble.blogspot.com/
> My personal website: http://kcm-home.tripod.com/
>
>

 

[jj]

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:45:02 GMT, "Wannagofast" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Yep, generally, when you rest for several days and in this case a couple of
>weeks, and you're faster, then that's a sign you were suffering from over
>training.

Well we used to call it 'tapering' and 'peaking' in my triathlon days,
though the time frame varied depending on the discipline.

jj

>
>
>"Ken" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> This may sound really stupid, but I am new to this cycling thing. I was
>> riding everyday 12-48 miles depending on the day / weather / other things
>> going on. Any way I have not been able to get much time in on the bike in
>> the last couple of weeks. But today I got in two 12 mile laps before the
>> rains came. And much to my surprise my average speed was almost 1mph
>faster
>> than anything I had averaged before the "break" My laps are mixed riding
>but
>> always the same route, varied wind (speed and direction) and varied road
>> conditions (rough and smooth) . So I got to thinking and did a little
>search
>> and came up with this page: http://www.cptips.com/ovrtrng.htm and from
>what
>> I have read it seems that I might have been in between overreaching and
>> overtraining. I was wondering if anyone has any insight into this?
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> --
>> For my real email address just remove "-dispose-trash"
>> More of my mind dribbles at my blog: http://mind-dribble.blogspot.com/
>> My personal website: http://kcm-home.tripod.com/
>>
>>
>