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Rest it as much as you can. Self massage (not that, filth) can help as can stretching the quads and calves. Tight quads particularly for me can impact kneecap tracking and kneecap pain.
Also, don't be afraid to tweak your saddle height a little (and double check it's correct to begin with and keep notes!). As muscles fatigued and tighten you can gain some relief with a few mm up or down (depending on what pains you're having).Lighter gears spun quicker cadence also. 90rpm+
hippy-
I'm trying my best to rest, I'm lucky to have a physio girlfriend who helps with all my various sporting injuries. I've pretty much been doing all of that, I've got historically tight quads/calves so it's been an ongoing issue to stay on top of this. I had a diy bike fit on Sunday and lowered the saddle and swapped to speedplays which is nice but now I only have 1 set of pedals....
I've found the most important thing about this challenge is staying fit and healthy. Well over the equipment and average watts/speed.
Norfolkbound
Thanks everyone for the messages of support and I'm really taken back with the generosity with the donations so thank you. I didn't expect that at all, I was posting on here to tell the story of why I'm doing this and to have another way of logging the challenge to a bunch of cyclists.
So some facts of where I started in January and other miscellaneous ;
Weight was 72.3kg - now 71.8kg
FTP 310 - now unknown as I don't fancy testing this until I've finished
Biggest week so far was 25 hours 55 minutes (Would love to do a 30hour week when the weather is better)
Bikes: Isen all season and Caad 5 USA
I've lost count of how many local legends I've got and seem to top all Strava club leaderboards - Who even looks at these though?
Also @hippy I should of spoken to you before doing that as you couldn't be more correct. I've ended up with a slight knee issue, it's fine for me to ride slowly but I can't ride hard/fast which is what I enjoy.