Today I went on a 50KM bike ride, I only have a mountain bike. I ride 8km a day and most I've rode is 18km. I was only expecting to ride 35km but got my measurements on google earth wrong and ended up doing 50KM.

I was bursting. I'd stick it in top gear and blast at every single hill till I could go no more. On the steep hills I'd get half way up and die. I did this throughout the 50km. I'm lucky I was going to go further on the loop but turned back. I was 5km from home, and I was struggling, My legs were so sore, my knees were killing me, I couldn't even pedal slowly. I was on the verge of throwing up, and I had a huge headache. I was also becoming emotionally drained to the point where I was about to lose it.

The thing is. Ive done training sessions many of times, and very difficult ones, but I've never gotten to this level of pain ever. I don't think I ate too much leading up to the ride, but I'm trying to work out if this is common with bike riding. Although I wasn't exactly pacing myself, I was exploding up hills in the hardest gear, more geared at building power.

I didn't have much of an apetite after the ride either which is strange for me, and I felt so weak, and I was shaking for over an hour, just so physically, mentally and emotionally drained.

Did I take this ride too far?

Yep, I believe that's your body telling you to take a rest.

Too far? Since it didn't kill you - no. But, that is a little harder than most cyclists typically train.

You may have overdone it but consider that you may have a low grade infection or even an intestinal virus you wouldn't have noticed if not working out.

Di dyou hydrate or drink any water during the ride? I'm not a cyclist, but if i run much more than 5-6 miles without water, I don't feel good. I have to stay hydrated during runs to sustain energy.

Cheers

I had 1.5 litres of water during the ride. don't think I prepared myself enough for it, I underestimated the intensity of it all. Its Tuesday and I'm only just starting to feel better, had a headache from Saturday to Monday night.

Yeah, I would guess that you just pushed your body too fast too quick.

did you warm up and what did you eat before hand, cause i've been close to where you have been abd thats been down to 'bonking'

I reckon I had heaps of protein the day before.

That day maybe just a glass of apple juice, 200g of yoghurt, and a 12' chicken sub. That was it.

With the comments here, I put it down to

1. Too much work load, way too far, and too much intensity. I was giving full intensity up every hill, (changing down gears til I got to the top.)
2. not enough energy, (lack of food)

I'm doing it again this Saturday but I'm going to keep it to 20km this time, still with full intensity however.

yea, looks like simple over training. and with that, as will888 mentioned, it's possible you have a minor virus that is affecting a lot more than normal. when you tax your body that hard, it's really easy for other things to run you down, like a little less sleep than normal, a virus, and/or food.

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