Quote Originally Posted by M-Rad View Post
I've tried to ride hard a couple of times and i really screwed myself the next couple of days in terms of stress and insomnia.
This is very timely. I did a significantly more strenuous ride yesterday than I'm accustomed to. I was very tired by bedtime and should have slept like a baby. Instead, I woke up as soon as my head hit the pillow. I ended up taking a Benadryl to get to sleep but still didn't feel refreshed this morning.

I have sleeping problems off and on. On the troublesome nights, even if I can get to sleep naturally, I wake up every two hours on the dot. I've always attributed the sleeping problems to consuming too many carbs during the day. I never associated MORE exercise with insomnia. I'm going to start monitoring that association a whole lot more closely now.