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After 4 weeks I start to feel mostly normal again but it takes a few weeks after that to actually want to train. It would probably take me a few months to get back 40w.
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This has been discussed before here, probably in this topic.
For me my first TCR took more time to recover than other races since.
Last year it took only a few days to feel pretty normal after a hard two and half day race, but then still a month and a half later at TCR I still felt kind of weak, which might or might not be related to that. I also a had a bit of a food poisoning before the latter. And then a week after TCR my whole body still felt kind of confused, until I got on my bike for the PBP and while I was missing some watts, riding with a fast pace felt great. That's how it's been before too, continuous somewhat fast riding is fine for whatever distance, but max power is missing for a month or even two. -
How long does it take you guys to ‘recover’ from an ultra
By recover I mean (a) feel like you can (and want) to do a 2-3 hr Z2 ride
And then (b) how long before your top end threshold comes backI don't have enough experience to provide any particular insight, with only a single data point, but after TPBR, which Cycliste and I did in 9 days and 4 hours, we had two days off, then a week's cycling and running in Mallorca, then I had week off, and at the end of the week off set a new PB in a 12hour TT. So I'm going to say 2 weeks.
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It seems recovery length is compounded by distance - its non linear (for me at least)
There are far more variables than just distance.
Not quite those ultra distances but I felt great after LEL (1400km) and carried on cycling with loads of enthusiasm, but PBP (1200km) two years later left me feeling fatigued and disinterested for months afterwards.
The main difference was fitness, I did the bare minimum to get to and then around PBP whilst my LEL year was a big year for cycling.
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How long does it take you guys to ‘recover’ from an ultra
By recover I mean (a) feel like you can (and want) to do a 2-3 hr Z2 ride
And then (b) how long before your top end threshold comes back
And (c) does the above vary based on if you did a 3-4 day ‘sprint’ vs the longer stuff
I will go first
I did Transiberica 6 weeks ago; normal riding was okay after 10 days but anything near threshold is still atrocious - am 40 watts down!
Thats a 2800km route and I am surprised just how long it took to recover
When I have done sprints of c.1000km I have felt decent 2 weeks later
It seems recovery length is compounded by distance - its non linear (for me at least)
If I did TABR I would likely be out of action for months !
Curious if the above is shared by others; or if some people recover much quicker than others?