It's been about 3 weeks since I started commuting to work. It's 20 miles each way so most of the time I alternate (bike am, drive pm & vice versa), and some days I do round trip. I don't bike 2 days a week, but I do ride horses on at least those days, so my recovery time is minimal.

Am I expecting too much by forcing my legs to get over it already? It's not like I didn't do any leg exercises before biking, so I don't feel like it should be taking this long to acclimate to a 20 mile ride. Maybe I'm not giving the sport proper credit...

Should I cut back to every other day to get ready for a century in a week and a half? Or, do you think it'll be enough to just not bike the 2 days prior? What would you do?