I keep hearing how doing a stage race or -- for us non-racers -- a tour is
supposed to make you better, stronger, faster, etc. For some reason, after
doing a tour -- about a week long, 50 - 80 miles/day -- I feel and ride like
crap for about 6 weeks. It's like I'm riding on fumes, or something. (I do
occasional time trials -- both a flattish, 3-miler, and a 1.6 mile, 800 ft. uphill one -- to check my fitness, and its nearly always noticeibly slower than the one I did before the tour.) I do make sure to take a recovery week following the tour. I ride and feel fine during the tour, other than sleeping rather lousy. (But that's also a problem at home the days I do a long ride.) Any ideas on where the problem may be -- training, nutrition, etc.? Any special "trick" I need to know about? In a few weeks, I'm doing a mountainous 12-day tour -- my longest ever . . . I'm beginning to dread how bad I'll be riding after that one . . .
supposed to make you better, stronger, faster, etc. For some reason, after
doing a tour -- about a week long, 50 - 80 miles/day -- I feel and ride like
crap for about 6 weeks. It's like I'm riding on fumes, or something. (I do
occasional time trials -- both a flattish, 3-miler, and a 1.6 mile, 800 ft. uphill one -- to check my fitness, and its nearly always noticeibly slower than the one I did before the tour.) I do make sure to take a recovery week following the tour. I ride and feel fine during the tour, other than sleeping rather lousy. (But that's also a problem at home the days I do a long ride.) Any ideas on where the problem may be -- training, nutrition, etc.? Any special "trick" I need to know about? In a few weeks, I'm doing a mountainous 12-day tour -- my longest ever . . . I'm beginning to dread how bad I'll be riding after that one . . .