Too hyper to sleep!

[runningteach]

Cute! I love that skirt/knicker combo.

[staceysue]

Everybody loves the clothes but nobody has the solution to the insomnia! Doesn't anybody else have this problem? HUGE adrenaline rushes from riding?

Thanks for asking about the creepy neighbor - I posted an update on the other thread about him. I asked around and it turns out there are two guys who look very much alike. A lot of people get them confused, and so did I. The guy who was following me is a mildly mentally handicapped fellow with very poor social skills, but he is not in any way dangerous. He's very large and strong and scary-looking, but he's not the mean guy others have had so many problems with. I guess this one lives down a side road in a home I've never even noticed. A woman who knows this guy said that the next time he follows me I should stop and talk to him and nicely tell him that it is not appropriate to follow closely behind a lady on a bicycle when you're riding your 4-wheeler, and he'll stop. I asked her if she might be willing to mention it to him if she sees him, so she might have said something to him. I haven't seen him at all this year.

[redrhodie]

Everybody loves the clothes but nobody has the solution to the insomnia! Doesn't anybody else have this problem? HUGE adrenaline rushes from riding?

I don't get insomnia from cycling, but I did get it from the adrenaline rush from rock climbing when I used to do that. I consulted a doc, and she said when I can't sleep, get up and do something boring, like read (nothing too stimulating) or light cleaning (dusting, not vacuuming). Don't stay in bed waiting to get tired. Make bedtime routine, at the same time every night, drink hot milk, and take a hot bath right before. Don't watch tv in the bedroom. Don't eat in the bedroom. Keep the bedroom just for sleeping.

I'd also try moving your ride time earlier, like 5 am maybe ? Or, make your ride less exciting. Don't go all out, remember to breathe fully, spin, and keep reminding yourself to relax. I ride that way a lot for my evening commute.

[chicagogal]

I have the opposite problem. . . Get home from a long, hard, exhilarating ride thinking I am going to a) clean the house b) buy groceries c) prepare dinner d) go out with friends. e) well, you get the picture . . .
Instead I put my head on the pillow or lay on the sofa and I'm out cold from exhaustion, waking up in time to find that the day has been shot (again) and I only have time to throw in a load of laundry so that I have something to wear on tomorrow's ride . . .

[sundial]

Doesn't anybody else have this problem? HUGE adrenaline rushes from riding?

I would say that it's your elevated heart rate and it may not have dropped to levels that's conducive for sleep.