Sore after 50+ miles bike ride

[shootingstar]

It's ok to be tired after a long ride. Sometimes my tiredness is affected by my cycling 'karma' for the day. (You know there are just inexplicable days where the weather, one's own mood/attitude and body state, clicks so right and one is cycling/flying over hills, etc. )

If you are consistently quite sore after each long ride ie. 50+ miles, something is not quite right. You need to explain which body areas for soreness for us to recommend something.

Unless you are cycling very long distances 100+miles every day for 7-14 days or more with routes that hills /you are cycling with pannier weight. Even still, if you are properly fitted on bike, soreness shouldn't be much and heal itself after 1 day of short/easy riding or rest.

I rarely have sleep problems after a long ride. I sleep like a rock.
But then the type of riding I do, I finish a long ride or heavy-pannier loaded ride by supper time at the latest or more often, mid-afternoon/ earlier.

At most, I've done night commuting rides and then to bed 1 hr. later. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz By then.