it was not a good mtb ride last night, hit a wall that I couldn't recover from
some background, in 14 months I have lost 60 lbs, for the last two months my weight loss has stalled, so this week I began limiting calories
trying to stay between 1500-2000 per day. everything was fine until last night, monday I rode 20 mile road ride and tuesday a 6 mile mtb ride
they both went well, and I felt good after each ride
I went on a ride last night, 13 miles, tough single track, a lot of small ups and downs, some tough climbs and some tricky tech stuff
at 9 miles, and still 4 away from the truck, I powered up a hill over some logs and root balls ,and when I got to the top, that was it. I could not recover, shoulders back, legs ,arms,
everything gave up a once, so I took a 5 min break and pushed on
wound up having to stop every 100 yards riding my granny gear
4 times I had to get off the bike and walk it up hill, 5 times I almost passed out, not good, light headed, seeing stars the whole bit
called my wife and told her where I was in the event, I did not make it
really not a good time
actually thought that I would not make it to the truck, the entire last miles
I finally made it to the truck, after two hrs to make the last 2 miles.
guess I learned my lesson about eating enough , and eating what I need to get thru a ride.
didn't recover too well at home, but feel better this morning.
will definitely take it easy today,
some background, in 14 months I have lost 60 lbs, for the last two months my weight loss has stalled, so this week I began limiting calories
trying to stay between 1500-2000 per day. everything was fine until last night, monday I rode 20 mile road ride and tuesday a 6 mile mtb ride
they both went well, and I felt good after each ride
I went on a ride last night, 13 miles, tough single track, a lot of small ups and downs, some tough climbs and some tricky tech stuff
at 9 miles, and still 4 away from the truck, I powered up a hill over some logs and root balls ,and when I got to the top, that was it. I could not recover, shoulders back, legs ,arms,
everything gave up a once, so I took a 5 min break and pushed on
wound up having to stop every 100 yards riding my granny gear
4 times I had to get off the bike and walk it up hill, 5 times I almost passed out, not good, light headed, seeing stars the whole bit
called my wife and told her where I was in the event, I did not make it
really not a good time
actually thought that I would not make it to the truck, the entire last miles
I finally made it to the truck, after two hrs to make the last 2 miles.
guess I learned my lesson about eating enough , and eating what I need to get thru a ride.
didn't recover too well at home, but feel better this morning.
will definitely take it easy today,