Quote Originally Posted by RoadRaven
Answering a few days late, but soft-pedalling/unweighting as Corsair said is def the way to go...
Lactic Acid builds up with that high intensity focused work out your muscles get going up the hill, and just moving your legs around, despite not actually needing to (often I am going too fast down a hill to want to pedal at that rate anyways...) helps that acid disperse...
This is a key component also to after-race recovery... allow yourself a kilometre/half a mile or so (more if you feel the need) to pedal slowly and unwind your legs, dispersing that lactic acid will really make a differnece to how "wrecked - or not - your legs feel afterwards.
RoadRaven - thanks for the tips I will try spinning those legs around on my descents from now on.