Recent content by Penny

Sadly, I think until someone does some serious research we will all just have to work this out for ourselves. I am conducting my own “experiments” just to see what I can get away with. So far, I can cycle every 3rd day but I go hard and fast on the flat just to get a cardio workout. I can’t run...

Yes! Same! Where did he go? It was a different angle and another route to possibly explore and I am a bit sad we cannot carry on a dialogue with him. I am feeling both heartened and despondent as I am into week 5 of my own personal experiment. I stopped riding altogether and after 2 weeks, I...

So glad you have done this research on our behalf @mickmcgill68. Given that you have found a very likely metabolic reason for your problem (and most likely the rest of us sufferers in this discussion!), do you have any theories as to why it is worse after some rest days? I have chosen to go the...

Just wondering....do you end up in hospital because of your quads or unrelated reasons hence an enforced rest? After the month or so of symptoms after giving up cycling, are you generally able to walk down stairs, hills etc?

Hi Tim, Now it’s been a number of years since you posted, I just am wondering where your legs are at now. Being in a similar age bracket, and a lifetime exerciser, I am currently house bound as I am experimenting with a gradual reduction of bike workload in the hope that my legs will adapt to...

I’m new to the discussion but certainly not new to the problem! My story is very similar to all those in the previous 12 pages of conversation. I’m a 59 year old life time exerciser, swapping from running to cycling in my 40’s when my joints weren’t so forgiving. My first episode was in my mid...