ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] sore
Re: [endurance] sore
Karen Steenhof (ksteenho@eagle.idbsu.edu)
25 Apr 1996 07:08:28 -0600
In <199604250158.SAA19346@big.aa.net>, Russ Humphrey wrote:
>OK - I had been planning on it, for over a year, and finally last weekend
>did my (our) first 75 - the KKS Windsong here in WA. It was a wonderful
>ride - lots of good folks, great trail - all in all a really nice first 75.
>But.... I'm so !@^%#$( sore. from my butt to my toes. I know its the
>standard muscle soreness, but - will it get better?? or should I look
>forward to this every ride?? and what about the 100s??
>
>I have always 2-pointed - pretty much the entire ride. I wasn't really able
>to do this for 75 miles tho - the legs gave out at about 65 miles. How do
>you folks do these distances??
>
>Russ from Seattle
>
>
Russ-
Was this your first ride of the year? I am always sore the first
endurance ride of the year (even 50's) no matter how much I have been
riding or working out during the winter. It will get better as the
season goes on!!!
Karen Steenhof
Boise, Idaho