What's going on?
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vistring posted 19 weeks ago.
sounds like time for a power meter to get the truth behind it.
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Joe_H posted 19 weeks ago.
no idea about the first part. maybe you just need to warm up.
for the 2nd happened yesterday was doing a long run w/ my sis and saw a runner 3 blocks up the road the competitor switch got flipped and I just focused on the runner ahead and got going after them.
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krazyfranco posted 19 weeks ago.
I experience the same thing sometimes. I think it just takes a while for me to get my legs warmed up and blood flow focused in my legs. I think it takes longer for me to get warmed up on the bike then it does on the run because 1) I've run for much, much longer and 2) I think cycling uses fewer muscle groups (but more intensely) than running. I might be wrong on the second reason, I don't know. Just a guess.
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ChunkyB posted 19 weeks ago.
I have the same thing. It just takes me a while to get into a rhythm, and to get my legs warmed up. But, it really sucks on shorter, faster rides, because it still takes a while for my legs to kick in. So they end up kicking in right as I'm finishing.
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danpatgal posted 19 weeks ago.
Some of my fastest bike rides have been after doing weights. I guess getting the muscles warmed up does take a while. I also notice that on the bike, even if I beat my legs up the day before, sometimes I can still go fast. For running that's never the case.
For part 2, I'm also very competitive, so if I see some cyclist ahead of me, I'm trying to catch anyone I see ... but I've rarely found really fast people on my routes, so I'm usually just looking at my average speed to see how I can keep it up.
I ride a 20-40 mile loop on my bike most days and sometimes I feel like I'm stuck in 1st or 2nd gear at the start of my ride. I'm struggling like crazy to maintain 16-17mi/hr when I'm normally around 18-20 no problem. Then all of a sudden around 10-15 miles my legs open up and I can just hit it. And can cruise at 20 (or close to it) for the next 10-20 miles or so. It's the strangest thing. I've noticed it no matter the route I take. So it's not that coming home I'm downhill or anything.
I just can't understand it really. Does this happen to anyone else?
Also, completely unrelated, does anyone else find extra speed when they spot someone else on a bike several blocks away from them on the same street? I know the second I see someone ahead of me I become like a Bull seeing red and all of a sudden find a few extra miles an hour no matter how tired my legs feel. Then the second they turn off the street I lose it. Kinda frustrating.