I did the Metropolitan Challenge in Chateauguay on Sunday, but after the ride I had a Headache that lasted hours, and still today I am not 100%. I am thinking not enough water (liquids) but any other ideas.
Has to do with your salt/gatorade intake-happened to me last year at the Walk-they would tell us to alternate your water/gatorade at each station-including the snacks (sweet & salty)..but when heat took over I found it hard to eat anything..big lesson learned there. How did it go otherwise?
Hi Everybody, Last sunday, I had the chance to trained for our july ride. I rode the Défi Métropolitain for a 125km, the ride was harder than it was suppose to be, the wind was 30 to 50 km/hr and the first part of it was mainly in the face.
I started the ride with a group of really strong riders that were going for the 150km. The pace was quite fast, as a matter fact, much faster than my pace...So after, 37 km, I exploded and 1 km farter my back tire exploded also...
I change my tube, re-start, but now I am alone to battle the wind. There was still 42km to do before the lunch break. The last 15 km were with a really strong front wind, I was going 15.5km/h and still passing in front of 30 to 40 other cyclists. This part of the ride was very difficult.
Arriving at the lunch spot in Howick, I spotted Claude Cyr and Desmond Harwood and we rode together for the last part of the ride. After the lunch, we re-start in a group of 14 peoples at a fairly slow pace, so after maybe ten kilometers, Desmond and I decided without saying nothing to increased our speed. In our left, the sky was black, really black. I was sure that a kind of thunderstorm was coming by. So we increased our speed to stay infront of that storm. The rain cacth us in the last four kilometers.
I started the ride with 3 bottles, 2 of them with CarbBoom with Rasberry and lemon flavor which increase the re-hydration process (really good tasting) and one bottle of water but finishing that long ride, I had absolutely no symptoms of Dysiness or headache. Yes it's true, you have to drink every 15 minutes while riding, but after one hour, water is not anought.
YOU NEED SOME CARB
jean
-- Edited by fireball on Tuesday 2nd of June 2009 06:23:31 PM
AM: 2 toast w/ PB, Protein Shake (1-Banana, 3(4)-Strawberries, hand full-Blueberries, Milk, Honey, Whey Protein) PS: Yum Yum!
RIDE: I have 2 bottles, 1 water, 1 Gatorade, 2 protein bars, 1 trail mix. On the ride, I don't drink enough, ex. every 15mins, I have to get into the habit of this. Yesterday, I went out for a quick 50K and did this and came back feeling better. BUT, you need to pull behind you a Port-A-Pottie!!!
But at the beginning I was pushing to keep it at 30km/hr even with the wind. After 25K I joined a group of riders 1 that was from our club (http://clubcyclisteveloselect.blogspot.com/) (Fireball/Jean looks after this for us), all is welcome out for a great ride. Anyway, they were more on the slow side, I was in the front for most of the ride, and at the lunch break, Jean (Fireball) join in the group. But the wind and rain at the end was crazy, Going to Quebec cannot be worse than this, DDK and Fireball will attest to this.
Like Jean said, the last 20-25k we really put up our speed, at times 40K/hr. But a hour after that, Headache.
So I will increase my intake of basically everything. But all in all, I had a great time.
Wow you guys, that sounds like a wild ride. I remember that day I did the soulonge canel and drove towards those thunder boomers, and boy was it windy. If nothing else we'll all be in extra good shape fighting a head wind it a harder workout.
Reality check here: I was riding home from work tonight when a small group of 4 riders from the abc cycle club passed me, 5 seconds later I caught up to them cuz one of the riders had a wipe out. There is a 2 inch lip in the road at that spot and the rider did a hop to get up the lip but his wheel came off and he went down on the forks and head over heels. He was shaken up with a cut on his face and a bruised shoulder. I can guess he will have a few more bruises in a day or two I realy hope he has nothing more serious that. I stayed around long enough to see if I could help and if he was OK, then I took off. That crash made such an inpact on me, firstly I felt so bad for the gentleman that wiped out and how fast you could go down, he said he didn't remember a thing cuz it happened so fast, he was shocked when we told him his wheel had come off. MAN THE POOR GUY! I had a knapsack full of stuff but not even a kleenex to give to him to wipe the blood off his face. I had nothing on me to help him. So as soon as I got home I got out all the first aid materials and made up a small kit to stow in my under the seat bag. One more thing to add to my huge list of stuff to go in the under the seat bag. But this is an important item.
-- Edited by broadway29 on Wednesday 3rd of June 2009 05:06:17 PM
I already have my appointment to take my bike in to give it a check up before the ride and my best buddy checks out my bike regularly and is teaching me what to check before every ride. I checked the security of the front wheel myself when I got home that day.
wow that is a scary fall. I had something similar when I was 12... I didn't know how bad it was until I was sitting in a wheelchair in the hospital waiting to be seen and my face was down when someone came up and said excuse me miss - do you really need the wheelchair... I looked up and the look on her face said everything! OH SO SORRY!!! I can laugh now but back then it was not fun. I'm really afraid of wiping out - but I keep reminding myself to just try to keep in control and aware and hope for the best. I do have a little medical emergency kit which came in handy when another Rider wiped out on Gouin boul. and I was the only one in the 10 people around who had something to clean her wound...
Yes, you really do have to check to make sure that everything is tight. The bolt that holds my seat in place suddenly disappeared with a big bang while I was riding. Luckily I was able to simply stand up & come to a safe stop. 3 of us were looking & couldn't find the bolt at all. As it happens, we weren't far from a bike repair place, but it's HARD to ride standing up all the time.
Also when I first got my road bike (skinny wheels), I learned the importance of crossing railway tracks at close to a right angle. It took me 6 weeks to recover from that one, so I learned very well.
Be sure to check your tire pressure. The correct pressure is always molded onto the tire sidewall. If it's too low, it's much harder to pedal, and your chances of a flat tire are much higher. Don't just go to the corner gas station to fill the tires. Most of those air pumps don't have anywhere near enough pressire for bike tires.
Wow! This sounds much more like before a long ride than after a long ride.
