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as per tynan's post. all about how much effort you put in. for me, 'tootle' is prob <70% of max effort, 'hammer it' is >70%. plus your dist is fairly short and at under 1hr riding (each leg), it is hardly a workout. you'll feel tired on the 5th day, but you have the weekend to recover. keep it up and you'll get used to it. it'll be like walking to your local!
despite tootling in yesterday, had a fck off painful cramp in bed at about 2am this morning. left calf pulled up and had to get missus to stretch my toes/feet for me. possibly dehydration as ive been sick the last couple of days and been off the bike for a total of 4 days. must remember to stretch.
@brett, our bodies are generally heavier in summer. i think it's something to do with retaining more water to control body temp.