NOTHING in the legs - whats up?

MarkAshton
MarkAshton Posts: 119
edited February 2013 in Training, fitness and health
2 weeks ago,I felt like I had a great week. Was putting out great numbers (a couple of PB's). I have also ramped up my running from around 15 miles a week to 30 miles a week over the last 2 weeks.

Now.... my bike performance has been dropping over the last 2 weeks. It accumulated this morning when I could barley put out 200w on my TT bike (usually can do 290ish).

As soon as I try and up the effort, my legs just burn and I loose all motivation to keep pushing.

The weird thing is, my running is getting stronger and stronger. After a bad ride yesterday (where I felt rubbish), I then went for a 6 mile run and was running a really good pace.

Today, again on the bike, I felt AWFUL. Just low energy.

I am not sure if I have a bug/virus or something, or maybe its mild over training?

Comments

  • twotyred
    twotyred Posts: 822
    Too much running and not enough cycling? That's a pretty big ramp up in running. Why so much running. What are you training for? Triathlon? Maybe throttle back on the running a sbit and see if you recover cycling performance.
  • Gabbo
    Gabbo Posts: 864
    Sounds like over training to me
  • Froomes Edgar
    Froomes Edgar Posts: 359
    Yer, I get this. A few days off is usually a good place to start, regardless of the cause.
  • moscowflyer
    moscowflyer Posts: 540
    Gabbo wrote:
    Sounds like over training to me

    This. Slow it down for a few days or take some time off completely.
  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    You don't get over-trained in just a week or two.

    It's fatigue from upping the volume of training, not over-training.
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  • mattshrops
    mattshrops Posts: 1,134
    Basic training principles-

    Overreach and adapt.

    You've done/are doing the first.....
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  • moscowflyer
    moscowflyer Posts: 540
    amaferanga wrote:
    You don't get over-trained in just a week or two.

    It's fatigue from upping the volume of training, not over-training.

    Depends on what he'd done to lead up to that good week.
  • Scotty-Gee
    Scotty-Gee Posts: 156
    I had the exact same today, really strong ride yesterday and died on the way home today. HR was low and couldn't turn the pedals.

    Pretty horrible experience all round.
  • teebs_123
    teebs_123 Posts: 357
    EXACTLY the same issue I've had this weekend. Felt crap yesterday, but slightly better today. I think I need to have a look at my diet first off.
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  • MarkAshton
    MarkAshton Posts: 119
    Looking at my logs, I havent had a day off either biking, running or swimming for many months... The last time I took a day off was probably September. I dont think thats the issue though. I reckon a combination of increased bike intensity + bigger run volume has led to this. I can see I have been missing targets in cycling and swimming over the last few weeks. Will reign it back this week!

    I also think that after a long time spent on the turbo, certain muscles have become deconditioned (I mainly ride a TT bike). This has made getting power down on the road hard. Maybe I am imagining this... but maybe its a side effect of just riding the TT bike on the turbo?

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