Cycling Distance Monitor 28th May 2010
I hurt. I hurt bad. But I managed to get the bike up to 30 miles tonight! 2.5 hours to do it, but that is the furthest that I have managed to cover in 24 years!
I followed all the guidelines. I kept the cadence at about 70-90, and dropped down the gears where I needed to to keep that pace up.
I was also careful to make sure that my breathing never got particularly heavy, even on the hills.
I drank on the bike, but stopped for a brief stretch and a couple of glucose tabs, which I know isn’t exactly and electrolyte drink, or even a proper energy bar. But I will be making some energy bars tomorrow (got a great recipe, I will blog it sometime!)
It was quite odd, because as I came in at the end of the ride I felt absolutely fine. If someone said I should do another 10 I would have said, “why not?”
That was until the DOMS hit! DOMS: delayed onset muscle soreness. Usually it doesn’t happen until about 24 hours after, but this time I got it after about an hour. And boy does it hurt.
This has really surprised me, because being a chap who has thrown around a few free weights and multi-gym equipment in his time I know what causes stiffness and aching. It’s heavy stretching things, isn’t it?
It’s not spinning lightly, and hardly raising a sweat….
Wrong. Its just as bad if not worse than a heavy session in the gym. But boy is it good!!
The only problem I had was the chain jammed. It unjammed quick enough by back pedalling, but there was a crazy rattling noise which forced me to stop. Bike upside down, I tracked it down to the chain having popped out of the rear Derailler! How it had happened I have no idea at all, but I was glad that I had brought my bike tools.
I usually carry a multi-tool screwdriver, and a multi-tool for the bike, plus bike spanner. Though my dad nagged me last week to get a full puncture repair kit, which makes sense. I’m 40 and still nagged by my folks, how sad is that!?
Once I had tracked the problem down, pressure in the right place got the chain back on but I need to twiddle the settings on the derailler to get it running smoothly again. To be honest, I was glad that a few weeks ago I took the time out to finally understand what all those twiddly knobs and screws on the derailler actually do, and I had worked it out in the comfort of my own back room rather than out on the road.
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