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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?

  • 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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