Feeling wrecked - why?

Peddle Up!
Peddle Up! Posts: 2,040
edited June 2010 in Road beginners
Did a fifty miler yesterday morning but felt absolutely wrecked in the afternoon. I took energy bars, plenty of fluids and have been doing this distance most weekends. Is it the hot weather?
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  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    How much have you done in the week preceeding the 50 miler?, maybe your body as telling you it needs a bit of a rest.
  • olddgreg
    olddgreg Posts: 53
    Whenever this happens to me, I get ill a few days later, so could be a developing cold or something.
  • anto164
    anto164 Posts: 3,500
    i had that the other day, it was just my body telling me to have a couple of days off the bike to recover. I'll be back on the bike on wednesday.
  • ALaPlage
    ALaPlage Posts: 732
    Agree with others. Heat may have had an effect although with sufficient fluid intake it should be a smaller factor and in my limited experience it is the body saying enough is enough and give me a break! Rest time is as important as training time as it is when you are resting that the body repairs and builds muscle. You will probably find you feel as fit as a fiddle tomorrow.

    If you didnt replace fluids sufficiently though you may be suffering from mild heat stroke - feel a bit light/misty headed, a bit fluttery in the stomach but not feeling sick. I covered 93 miles yesterday and on this route in cooler weather I typically go through 3 to 4 bottles yet yesterday the heat was intense with little breeze. This forced two additional stops to refill empty bottles and I went through 7 750ml bottles (I set off with 2 bottles filled with Hi-5 electrolyte. Bottle one empty at 32 miles and replaced with lucozade sport lite bought at a local shop. Both bottles then empty at the 50 mile point and had to re-fill both; one with water and one with more lucozade sport. Then at 82 miles both bottls empty and at a filling station I bought two 500ml bottles of lucozade for a glucose boost to get me home).

    Final consideration may be to consider what you are drinking after you complete the ride - A recovery drink such as milk or SIS REGO shake works wonders too.
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  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    If you keep an eye on your RHR, check your RHR, if its more than 5bpm higher than normal, have a rest.

    Having an elevated RHR is a good indication that you are either coming down with something, or over trained
  • Peddle Up!
    Peddle Up! Posts: 2,040
    Thanks for the helpful replies guys. I think I may have been a bit light on fluids (two bottles) and I drank water on my return, and postponed eating until a couple of hours later. Lesson learned.

    BTW, I've seen "low calorie energy drinks" on sale. Er, how does that work!?
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  • sheffsimon
    sheffsimon Posts: 1,282
    Peddle Up! wrote:
    Did a fifty miler yesterday morning but felt absolutely wrecked in the afternoon. I took energy bars, plenty of fluids and have been doing this distance most weekends. Is it the hot weather?

    Sure it wasnt the football you were watching in the afternoon that was making you ill??
  • anto164
    anto164 Posts: 3,500
    Low cal energy drinks = Pure caffiene, nothing glucose/etc in them.
  • Peddle Up!
    Peddle Up! Posts: 2,040
    SheffSimon wrote:
    Peddle Up! wrote:
    Did a fifty miler yesterday morning but felt absolutely wrecked in the afternoon. I took energy bars, plenty of fluids and have been doing this distance most weekends. Is it the hot weather?

    Sure it wasnt the football you were watching in the afternoon that was making you ill??

    :lol:
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