How long should beginners rest

dazzlers82

I no every body is slightly different but if like me your just starting out riding, I started last month an two days ago done a 38 mile ride as well as the 3 miles commuting, so how long should I rest for my legs ached yesterday an I can still feel them now but nowhere near as bad???

ianbar

you will just learn with time and will improve. i did 53 miles sat and had 2 11 mile rides on sunday which i would never had considered after a ride like that saturday. i have only ridden once since though but the local sportive is saturday so save my legs now.

plus you don't always need a total rest your 3 mile commute can be very gentile, i am starting to commute next week and will be taking it very steady.

alihisgreat

Its not so much about rest... as building up the distances gradually.

Eg You could do 10 miles 6 days a week quite easily.... But you may run into problems if you start trying to do 4x 40 miles a week as a beginner.

You've got to find the balance that works for you.

Be cautious though.. you'll run into injury problems if you over-train.

dazzlers82

Thanks for the answers I had already been doin 10- 20 miles on my turbo for a few weeks as I do 24 hr call every other week so can't ride away from home, I also done my first 20 mile ride on my last early week so when I went out Tuesday only planned on doin another 20 but when I was out I thought no ill push another 5 miles but I got to that an decided I may as well go for another 5 as felt good the ride home was hard as its very up an down not major inclines but enough for me and the win was against me but I did feel very good when I got back to my rode.