Talk to me about post-ride recovery

[jenniferh]

Thanks everyone. I can't wait to try a smoothie. Yum! What a great treat after a ride.

It's been 48 hours since I rode and my muscles all feel great. It never did turn into actual pain, just the normal stiffness after working a little too hard. My ankles feel fine too. Now my only real concern is my knees. They are still sore.

I'm wondering if I might need to tweak my saddle a little. I've had a bike fit, and 30-day follow up fit, so everything fits, but I'm wondering if a tiny adjustment would make the knee pain go away.

[trista]

One bit of advice I got when I was experiencing knee pain was to make sure i wasn't riding at too slow a cadence (and too high gear). It was really good advice. I increased my cadence to between 80 and 100 (averaging around 90), and the very next ride the knee pain stopped. It's never come back.

I have a cadence sensor that at first really helped maintain the right cadence for me (I would have a tendency to forget to shift), but I hardly look at it anymore. Now I know just by feel what my cadence is.

[marni]

chocolate milk or a mocha smoothie with chocolate protein powder and espresso used to be my favorite recovery drink- however my daughter brought me a bottle of choco vin which is sort of like baileys irish cream with mint- which could easily replacer it if I was willing to snooze the afternoon away. Chocolate milk or a protein smoothie- either choclate mocha or mango chile are my favorites.

marni

[jenniferh]

I went for a 10mi ride this evening and I think I've sold my knee pain. My cleats needed moved. Both shoes cleats were pushed to the far right and the right shoe's cleat was crooked. I straightened it out and evened it up the the other shoe and I centered it and now the pain seems to be gone.