Ugh. Been doing early AM rides 5:30-7:00 about 3 times a week. I do about 35 miles give or take a few at a moderate pace. But by 10:00 my legs feel like they have 50+ hard miles in them.
The only thing I cant think of is that I don't have much in the way of food in my system when I hit the road. for PM rides I'll have had breakfast and lunch hours before the ride... but at 5:30AM I only have a bowl of oatmeal, or maybe a cliff bar and a gu (if I'm running behind), just minutes before the ride starts.
I'm doing this because of a scheduling conflict in the afternoons... but is there any benefit of riding like this a few times a week?
The only thing I cant think of is that I don't have much in the way of food in my system when I hit the road. for PM rides I'll have had breakfast and lunch hours before the ride... but at 5:30AM I only have a bowl of oatmeal, or maybe a cliff bar and a gu (if I'm running behind), just minutes before the ride starts.
I'm doing this because of a scheduling conflict in the afternoons... but is there any benefit of riding like this a few times a week?