A little bit of advice please!!!!!

HereKitty

Relatively new to cycling but getting out on my spanking new hybrid a few times a week. Am pretty fit, but struggled big time on a cycle at the weekend....in fact nearly died...well I exaggerate of course. Anyway, after about 40km on the N11 the legs just packed it in. Felt like I was cycling in slow motion and the lowest gear felt like the highest....murder. Ok all you experts....How can I avoid that happening again, not enough food or water? ..Did 70km today no problem...hmmmmm puzzling..Thank you.

My first post!!!!!

Nietzschean

You seem to have solved it yourself , most likely reason is lack of energy or water. Had you been eating on the bike/drinking much?

HereKitty

Thanks for the reply
emmmmm just had a cuppa and some toast before I left in the morning, (find it hard to get food in early in the day) and a few fig rolls on a stop at the half way...As regards water, maybe didnt get enough of that in...it was very very hot and the sweat was pumpin' out of me....whoops forgot ladies perspire..I was perspiring profusely:D!!!

Nietzschean

HereKitty wrote: »

Thanks for the reply
emmmmm just had a cuppa and some toast before I left in the morning, (find it hard to get food in early in the day) and a few fig rolls on a stop at the half way...As regards water, maybe didnt get enough of that in...it was very very hot and the sweat was pumpin' out of me....whoops forgot ladies perspire..I was perspiring profusely:D!!!

there's a few threads on it here, but you probably could have done with more food before leaving home(and a glass or 2 of water aswell). And after an hour you'd want to start taking in something like 500 - 750ml/hr of water and 30 - 60grammes of carbs/hr, so bringing more figrolls/isotonic drink or some bars would help. You'd probably manage 40km spins fine with just some water on a hot day but when your going further its defo a good idea to start getting more food in as you go.

Lumen

HereKitty wrote: »

As regards water, maybe didnt get enough of that in...it was very very hot and the sweat was pumpin' out of me....whoops forgot ladies perspire..I was perspiring profusely:D!!!

Horses sweat, men perspire, ladies glow.

It probably wasn't food-related if you were exhausted after 40km, unless you did a very hard ride the day before.

Dioralyte in the water bottle works a treat.

HereKitty

Thank You for the tip Lumen....Am doing the charity cycle to Paris in July and it will be nice to actually arrive in one piece and "glowing" of course!!!